Elderton Command Shiraz 2003 (6x75cl)
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While the deep plum/ruby/garnet-tinged 2003 Shiraz Command is slightly less nuanced than the 2002, it is just as powerful and full-bodied, offering copious quantities of fruit, glycerin, tannin, and muscle. This chewy, rich offering appears to be on a faster evolutionary track than its 2002 counterpart. Give it another 2-3 years of bottle age, and consume it over the following 12-15.
Drinking Window: 2008 - 2021
Reviewer Name: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Review Date: 31st October 2006
Big, ripe and generous. This is a plush mouthful of cherry, spice and mineral flavors that rush on the finish, managing to stay in perfect balance. Has depth and grace.
Despite a tough vintage, this is a lush, complete wine. Vanilla and cedar notes on the nose serve to accent the layers of intense—verging on syrupy—blackberry fruit. It's easy enough to drink now, but rich enough that you may want to hold it another couple of years. Just don't expect this one to age more than a decade.
Drinking Window: 2010 - 2015
Review Date: 1st November 2007
Saturated ruby. Rich, oak-spicy nose shows liqueur-like boysenberry, candied plum and kirsch aromas, plus a good whack of vanilla. Outsized and thick, with dense, sweet dark berry flavors and an almost viscous texture. And yet this massive wine comes across as energetic and surprisingly elegant. The long, sappy finish features powerful dark berry liqueur flavors that won't quit.
Reviewer Name: Josh Raynolds
Review Date: 1st July 2006
A complex wine, tangy and spicy, very much a product of a difficult vintage; the wine does have length and mouthfeel, but there must have been some discussion whether it should be released under the Command label. Screwcap.
Drinking Window: 2010 - 2015
Review Date: 1st July 2008