| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 37 notes) - hiding notes with no text |
| | Tasted by QbnSteve on 12/26/2021 & rated 92 points: Still very drinkable but a bit lifeless. (566 views) |
| | Tasted by elevation02 on 1/20/2021 & rated 93 points: Still drinking well! Opulent!!! (877 views) |
| | Tasted by rmgroves on 5/23/2016 & rated 93 points: Wow! A real surprise. Great mature fruit. Fabulous nose. Not sure it can get much better (3369 views) |
| | Tasted by Vintomas on 5/9/2015 & rated 90 points: Deep red colour. Nose with dark berries including blackcurrants and blackberries, salty liquorice, oaky vanilla notes, some chocolate, developed notes with a bit of leather. Powerful and mouth-filling palate with salty liquourice, blackcurrants, pepper, well integrated tannin and a long finish. Definitely an "old school" Aussie Shiraz, i.e., quite powerful, but pleasantly enough not too alcoholic. Fully developed but can definitely take more time in the cellar. 90 p. (4100 views) |
| | Tasted by Vino Me on 5/28/2013 & rated 95 points: Opened by Otis. One of 3 Shiraz we paired with smoked mustard glazed short ribs. 2nd time I have had this wine with consistent notes. Dark garnet color. Fruity and creamy character. Wonderful mouthfeel. Notes of lush berries, caramel and chocolate. Well balanced with excellent depth. My favorite of the 3 Shiraz we drank. 95 points. (6044 views) |
| | Tasted by KVM on 2/21/2013 & rated 92 points: Medium red rim to blood centre. Dark berries and cinammon, flowers. Salty, high toned fruit syrup, menthol. Mineral, chalky feel cuts through the weighty and concentrated fruit. Some bitterness on the med length finish. This has been well stored and is in beautiful condition. (5650 views) |
| | Tasted by Cobbster on 8/11/2012 & rated 91 points: My last one...popped and poured. Nose and palate are the same as my 9/4/11 tasting: black cherry nose and palate with less of the dark chocolate. Very tasty, but it didn't hold up as the evening hours ticked away. (6460 views) |
| | Tasted by tplskylrk on 2/19/2012 flawed bottle: Auction bottle so storage suspect. Porty and past her prime. (4699 views) |
| | Tasted by rdsboca on 1/18/2012 & rated 96 points: Aussies at Abe and Louie's (Abe & Louie's): caught some coffee on the nose. Fruit dominated by black raspberry. Purity to the fruit was amazing. This is a benchmark wine. Very powerful, rich and dense. Pure bliss. (4837 views) |
| | Tasted by Cobbster on 9/4/2011 & rated 91 points: Nose of black cherry, more black cherry and dark chocolate on the palate. Oddly, the acidity is up along with the tannins, which change the flavors to feel younger than the bottle I opened in 2008. Could be the beginning of the end... (3288 views) |
| | Tasted by alittle on 8/6/2011 & rated 70 points: Popped and poured at a tasting. Full bodied and dark purple in colour. Nose of alcohol and caramel, lacking fruit and any sort of complexity. Palate was the same, with caramel and heat. The whole table dumped the wine. I would not even give this to a homeless man. (3050 views) |
| | Tasted by markellen.foodies@gmail.com on 7/25/2011 & rated 90 points: To me it seems past its prime. Has lost its fruit. ellen however liked it. (2733 views) |
| | Tasted by kds1398 on 7/24/2010 & rated 94 points: If you own any drink this now or within the next year. Tannins are smooth, fruity nose with plum, tobacco, with subtle pepper undertones. Wine has great balance and a very long finish. (3410 views) |
| | Tasted by caboychuck on 7/5/2010: Celebrated the 13th wedding aniversary with this. Beautiful dark fruit on the nose with a little eucalyptus and vanilla. Terrific dark fruit and acidity, eucalyptus. Nicely structured. Really enjoyable. (3324 views) |
| | Tasted by Alex H on 1/23/2010 & rated 86 points: An Unforgettable Birthday for Martin (Lucas @ Klapsons): Strong raisiny and port like nuances . This reminds me of christmas with its christmas spiced fruit cake full of cinnamon and coffee liquer. It is still rounded and creamy with vanillin cassis new oak. With time, this did mellow down and became even enjoyably rounder. (4244 views) |
| | Tasted by msu on 12/1/2009 & rated 93 points: Still a great big fruity Aussie shiraz. Plum, currants, blackberries. Long and pleasant finish. Seems to still have many good years left in it. (3690 views) |
| | Tasted by A&C on 1/31/2009 & rated 93 points: This was the 2nd place finish in a flight of 7 Aussie wines. The interesting thing about this wine is that it only really sings with food, mostly cheese. The fruit jumps out with great cheese. The wine is almost ageless. Seems brand new. I predict it has another 20-30 years left. Big, rich, and yet, with wonderful Shiraz fruit. Thanks to Mark and Jennifer for sharing. (4137 views) |
| | Tasted by tayls_81 on 11/17/2008 & rated 96 points: Old, caramelly goodness (4188 views) |
| | Tasted by Winevestor on 10/19/2008 & rated 94 points: A very acquired taste. This IS the nearest I have got to a port wine from Aus. A lot of people talk about that but this is the real McCoy. You either love it or hate it. I love it, when I'm not drinking it with food. Alcolholic and smokey nose. Deep berry flavor and sweetness on the palate. I had it over three nights, and it was good over all three. Got to love a full throttle wine like this. (3868 views) |
| | Tasted by Cobbster on 10/4/2008 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured, nose shows plum and port-like scents. On the palate there's dark chocolate, stewed plum, and licorice. Finish is mouth warming and smooth with very soft tannins. Not as ballsy as some other Commands I've tried, but an outstanding wine. (3839 views) |
| | Tasted by Roughl on 9/7/2008 & rated 93 points: waauw. This wine was great. Drank over a period of 10 hours. Chocolate, plum, dark smells, . Very thick, very classy and long. Beautiful. Goes on and on and is perfectly ripe and ready now. (4025 views) |
| | Tasted by tonsta on 8/24/2008 & rated 93 points: Drank at Greedy Goose with Lil and Andy to celebrate her getting pregnant. Decanted 1 hr. I was really surprised how good this wine was considering the vintage. Textbook Command, plenty of oak but with enough fruit to pull it off. Lots of chocolate and plum on the palate. I reckon this is in its prime drinking window now but should hold for another 5 yrs. (3852 views) |
| | Tasted by zimmy07 on 2/20/2008: off bottle or possible heat damage. horrible balance and funk. had to pour out (4370 views) |
| | Tasted by markellen.foodies@gmail.com on 6/2/2007 & rated 94 points: At Prime 112, Miami Beach w Andrew Ellenberg and Ingrid Hoffman(www.delicioso.com)
Fabulous right now. Decanted before trip to Prime 112, amazingly no sediment in bottle.
This seems optimal to me right now, developing secondary characteristics. Perfumed bouquet, deep dark fruit and chocolate notes, with wonderful palate, and finish. Next time will have to bring a back-uo, because we polished it off quickly. (4800 views) |
| | Tasted by Vino Me on 4/11/2007 & rated 95 points: Haggis opened this at his aloha party. This was my red wine of the night among the 50 red wines opened at this event. Holy crap. This 10 year old wine stunned me. I could not believe the concentration and texture still present in this wine after all that time. Dark purple crimson color. Earthy red fruit with notes of molassis, carmel and plum. Multilayered wine with blueberry and vanilla oak showing up on the long finsih. Great mouthfeel and texture. Even better than the 2001 Command that I gave 92-93 points to last year. 95 points. (4812 views) |
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