Neil Ashmead GTS Grand Tourer Shiraz
This is the second release of the Grand Tourer Shiraz - a wine named after and produced in honour of Elderton co-founder, Neil Ashmead. Neil, who along with wife Lorraine, established Elderton and was a vital link in creating the Barossa’s currently enjoyed status as one of Australia’s most important viticultural areas. Infectious enthusiasm was one of Neil’s drivers in helping to pioneer the revitalisation of the region from the doom and gloom era of the late 70s and early 1980s. Neil was a ‘Barossa Road Warrior’ like no other. Driving tirelessly from city to city with a car loaded with wine, doing tastings and dinners with whoever would listen, and generally spruiking the Barossa in a time where people were not really interested in a region that was stereotyped as a fortified producer. It was his love of fast cars that made this pursuit a little easier, thus the unusual choice for the name of this Shiraz.
Winemaking
Fermented in our waxed open fermenters with heading boards and pressed early straight to new French oak hogsheads, for 12 months on gross lees.
Viticulture
This wine is exuberant, lively and full of character. It is sourced from old-vine Shiraz on the Elderton Estate that have been grown with a natural farming philosophy, and is handcrafted to depict artisanal winemaking at its finest.
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WINERY RATING |
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2013 |
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