Dense deep Ruby in colour. Aromas of coffee, mocha and heavy oak - coconut, vanilla - American oak notes, but they sometimes use French oak Barriques as well. Sweet on the full bodied palate with rich ripe blackberry , raisened plum and black pepper. Way too much oak for my nose and palate these days - like sawn planks It masks the excellent old vine fruit. Latter vintages seem to have toned the oak down. Had a 2014 a couple of months ago.
Dense deep Ruby in colour. Aromas of coffee, mocha and heavy oak - coconut, vanilla - American oak notes, but they sometimes use French oak Barriques as well. Sweet on the full bodied palate with rich ripe blackberry , raisened plum and black pepper. Way too much oak for my nose and palate these days - like sawn planks It masks the excellent old vine fruit. Latter vintages seem to have toned the oak down. Had a 2014 a couple of months ago.
Oct 20th, 2021Lovely perfume - like a berry/lavender/ground coffee beans combination. Ripe plums coming through on the full bodied palate. Obviously the product of very Old vines in the the Barossa. A delicious wine. As mentioned ripe plums but no prune. Good picking decisions from the Ashmead brothers. Elderton Command starting to become one of my favourite Barossa Prestige Cuvées. Hard to fault.
Lovely perfume - like a berry/lavender/ground coffee beans combination. Ripe plums coming through on the full bodied palate. Obviously the product of very Old vines in the the Barossa. A delicious wine. As mentioned ripe plums but no prune. Good picking decisions from the Ashmead brothers. Elderton Command starting to become one of my favourite Barossa Prestige Cuvées. Hard to fault.
Aug 23rd, 2019
Loved the @EldertonWines #Command #Shiraz 2009 Kept this #shirazweek #wine to myself! 30th vintage for the #winery, an iconic #aussiewine!
Loved the @EldertonWines #Command #Shiraz 2009 Kept this #shirazweek #wine to myself! 30th vintage for the #winery, an iconic #aussiewine!
Feb 24th, 2015
Barossa, South Australia, Australia
