2002 Elderton Ashmead Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Opaque black crimson colour with black brick red hue. The nose reveals ripe Cabernet aromas which are carried through into the palate. Top note of cedar and cigar box, followed by stewed fruit and plum. Mouthfilling, wonderfully ripe Cabernet flavours. Rich spicy plum flavours are followed by a generous layer of blackcurrant and cedar over a liquorice and vanilla back palette. Fine grained tannins in balance with very long aftertaste of vanilla, spice, blackcurrant and white chocolate. 
Cellar 3-4 years (2009-2010)
Alc/Vol: 14.5%

Other Reviews…
Produced from a dry-farmed, 80-year-old vineyard, the 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Ashmead is sensational. Its inky/purple color is followed by a big, sweet nose of vanillin, spice box, cedar, black currants, and flowers. Aged in a combination of 60% American and 40% French oak, it possesses supple tannin, concentrated fruit notes, and a well-delineated, pure, long finish. This young, promising Cabernet requires 2-3 more years of bottle age; it should last 15 or more.
93-95 points
Robert Parker – The Wine Advocate

Dark, deep red-purple colour; medium-full bodied blackcurrant, earth, dark chocolate and bramble fruit; persistent, ripe tannins; good French oak.
Rating 94
Drink 2022
"James Halliday - 2007 Australian Wine Companion"