Like the Command block, which is an amazing resource to the Elderton Estate, the Ashmead block has consistently produced small parcels of excellent quality fruit. The vineyard was almost destroyed in 1997 to make way for higher-yielding vines, however, the family made the decision to promote the vineyard to a higher destiny – thus the Ashmead.

The 2015 is the sixteenth release of this unparalleled wine and is a superior example of Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon aged in a mix of new French Oak Hogsheads from about 8 different coopers. The Elderton Estate is not unfamiliar with premium Cabernets, having won more than 8 trophies for this varietal including the 1993 Jimmy Watson Trophy. The Elderton Vineyard, originally planted by the Scholz family in 1894, was planted predominantly with Shiraz; however, in the early 1940s, Samuel Elderton Tolley (the owner at that time) decided to diversify and thus established some of the earliest planted Cabernet Sauvignon in the Barossa Valley.