Elderton @ Corkscore

2003 Elderton Command Single Vineyard Shiraz

2023-09-16T10:34:33Z

95 points - Dark red. Coconut oak. Palate perfectly integrated and seamless. Coconut oak dominates. It’s a hedonistic coconut concoction with a sweet fruit core. It sits across the grilled beef we have with it, but is surprisingly enjoyable. There is a decidedly savoury overtone. Superb bottle, old school style of wine. Stands up easily to the food.

Tasted on Sat, Sep 16, 2023.

2003 Elderton Command Single Vineyard Shiraz

2023-09-16T10:39:03Z

93 points - Deep purple red. Touches of coconut oak, spices and plum fruit. Dense, rich with good intensity and flavour. Coconut touches still, tightly woven tannin. The best bottle we’ve had.

Tasted on Sat, Sep 16, 2023.

2018 Elderton Western Ridge Grenache Carignan

2020-06-25T10:23:38Z

92 points - Medium purple red. Restrained aromas with a touch of iodine, dried blood aroma. Quite fruit sweet and ripe, pleasant medium bodied, good savouriness.

Tasted on Thu, Jun 25, 2020.

2017 Elderton Neil Ashmead Grand Tourer Shiraz

2020-03-23T13:04:50Z

93 points - Dark plummy purple red. Hints of dried spices, woodsy, slightly hot. Rich and powerful, there’s a good framework of acidity, lifting the palate. Lots of spices, and dark cherry characters. Zippy and fleet, despite the bulk. A touch of alcoholic heat, Benadryl like cough syrup character.

Tasted on Thu, Mar 19, 2020.

2017 Elderton Neil Ashmead Grand Tourer Shiraz

2020-03-19T09:39:55Z

89 points - Dark red purple. A bit of alcohol heat on the nose. Dark fruit and spices. Dark sour cherry with loads of spices dominate the palate. Not a smooth wine. Strong acidity. Not sure this is the same wine Huon tasted?

Tasted on Thu, Mar 19, 2020.

2016 Elderton Barossa Valley Ode To Lorraine

2020-01-18T11:30:45Z

95 points - Bright dark purple red. Attractive ironstone, char, earthy aromas with some complex savoury cherry characters. Polished palate, seamless with fluent tannin, beautifully integrated. Chocolate notes. A complete wine, tidy and wanting for nothing. Satisfying.

Tasted on Fri, Jan 17, 2020.

2016 Elderton Barossa Valley Ode To Lorraine

2020-01-17T08:38:44Z

95 points - Medium dark red purple. Dark cherry nose. Superbly dense and finely woven palate structure. Oak in the background, with spices of nutmeg, pepper and cloves.

Tasted on Fri, Jan 17, 2020.

2003 Elderton Command Single Vineyard Shiraz

2020-01-05T12:52:02Z

92 points - Dark medium red. Coconut, aldehydes and red fruit nose. Thick on the palate, with coconut aromatics dominating. ‘Bounty’ in a glass: coconut and chocolate tones. The wine has a salty edge. A hedonistic, showy wine cut in the blockbuster style. Lots of people will love this. Day 5: significantly improved. Mellowed, the savoury component is better integrated. Now we get the darkest of berries with tar notes. In the direction of aged hermitage. Maybe keep it for another 10-20 years and see how it develops?

Tasted on Thu, Jan 2, 2020.

2003 Elderton Command Single Vineyard Shiraz

2020-01-05T12:52:33Z

92 points - Good deep red colour. Restrained nose, coconut aromas, berry fruit not so evident. Ballsy on the palate, it is built, dense and ageworthy. Syrupy, fruitcake style, definitely cloves and spices. Good if winemakerly. For lovers of this style. Tasted 5 days later: it has mellowed out a lot, and is still potable amazingly. Rounded and seamless, it now shows a trace of menthol, a hint of black fruit beneath all of the oak work.

Tasted on Tue, Dec 31, 2019.

2003 Elderton Command Single Vineyard Shiraz

2016-07-27T12:19:56Z

93 points - Deep red with a touch of brick. Aged development characters, restrained yet subtly powerful on the nose, hinting at richness. Some prune like notes. Very dense and syrupy palate, loads of vanilla, cinnamon oak characters, dried fruit cake. Big and essency, yet strangely enough there is some restraint. Blockbuster style, the region and variety were fairly obvious.

Tasted on Wed, Jul 27, 2016.