Elderton Command Barossa Shiraz 2004
The 2004 Shiraz "Command" comes from a single block of 104-year-old vines. It was aged in 100% new oak puncheons (400 liter barrels). Opaque purple-colored, this Shiraz has fabulous aromatics of smoke, melted tar, licorice, espresso, game, and blueberry compote. Layered but tight, this full-bodied wine is thick, rich, and totally hedonistic. The finish lasts for 60 seconds. However, be warned. This monumental Shiraz needs 10-15 years to fully unfold. It will provide pleasure through 2035. 98 points Jay Miller – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
"The current release, 2003, is an excellent wine, but this vintage kicks it up a notch. It’s brighter, fresher and more vibrant than its amply endowed precursor, bursting with peppery raspberries. Creamy and rich, yet wonderfully balanced, and while you could drink it now, it will also cellar for 10-plus years." 2004 Command Shiraz Number 7 in Wine Enthusiast’s ‘Top 50 Cellar Selections’ of 2007
"One of Australia's modern classics". Wine Spectator
The wines are based on some old, high-quality Barossa floor estate vineyards, and all are driven to a lesser or greater degree by lashings of American oak; the Command Shiraz is at the baroque end of the spectrum and has to be given considerable respect within the parameters of its style. National retail distribution, with exports to the UK, the US, Europe and Asia. James Halliday
First made in 1984, and since that time has consistently been the flagship for the Elderton range of wines. Produced from estate vineyards planted variously in 1939 and 1947, with cropping levels less than 6 tonnes per hectare. The wine spends two years in American oak puncheons and is given 12 months bottle age prior to release. jh new The heavyweight in the Elderton stable, selected from the oldest and best parts of the vineyard, and given even more enthusiastic oak handling than the varietal wine. James Halliday
The Elderton Command Shiraz has established an enviable reputation since the first vintage in 1984. It is truly one of Australia's best and most highly regarded Icon wines. Accolades have come from the world over for vintages such as the 1992, which was chosen by the influential wine critic Robert Parker in his U.S. magazine the 'Wine Advocate' as one of the worlds top 80 wines. The 1995 Command was awarded 95 points by 'Wine Spectator' and placed in their top 100 wines of 2000 and the 1996 Command won the trophy for the best Shiraz in the world at the London International Wine and Spirit Competition, which Elderton's principal - Lorraine Ashmead believes ratifies her plans, aspirations and expectations to produce a great wine of the world.
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