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2017 Command Shiraz - Museum 6 Pack

$1,200.00
$720.00
TASTE Rich and attractive spicy ripe berries reminiscent of summer pudding, supported by silky tannins that together provide a focused structure, and a powerful yet elegant finish
COLOR Red
VINTAGE 2017
VARIETAL Shiraz
REGION Barossa
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2017 Command Shiraz - Museum 6 Pack

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Description

Following the incredible sell-out response to last year’s museum release, we have dipped back into our cellars to curate a special follow-up: the remarkable 2017 Command Shiraz.

Originally a tiny parcel of this wine was destined for export to China before remaining safely nestled in our museum. Crafted from our stoic 1894-planted ancestor vines in Nuriootpa, the 2017 vintage experienced a long, gentle ripening season that delivered immense fruit concentration, a depth of seamless tannin, and signature elegance. Beautifully evolved in our museum, it is now singing in its prime.

For collectors wanting to secure a deeper allocation of this exceptional vintage, we are pleased to offer this exclusive 6-Bottle Museum Pack at even better value.

Product Details:

  • Region: Barossa Valley, South Australia

  • Vineyard: Nuriootpa (Single block, planted 1894 - Ancestor Vine)

  • Maturation: 30 months in new American and French puncheons

  • Alcohol: 14.9%

  • Cellaring: Drink now or cellar confidently for 15 - 20 years

Accolades & Reviews:

  • "This does command respect thanks to the fruit coming off 123yo vines and the care with it from that moment right through to the winemaking. It is powerful and divine." — 96 Points, Halliday Wine Companion

  • "The 2017 Command Single Vineyard Shiraz is spicy and savory, restrained and long. This is aging well..." — 95 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

  • "Command is always a muscle-bound drop, but somehow it's also friendly and welcoming—a bit like meeting an old friend." — 94 Points, Ralph Kyte-Powell, The Real Review

Strictly limited museum allocation available.

Winemaker Notes

Our stoic 1894-planted Command vineyard is in the heart of the Barossa Valley, in Nuriootpa. At the western end the vines in alluvial soils border the Para River, and clay content rises in the soils as the vines head east towards our Cellar Door. Command is the sum of several small batch picks to ensure we capture every part of the vineyard at optimum flavour concentration. We hand harvested this fruit over three weeks, allowing for the ripening process across the different soil compositions. The 2017 vintage saw us finish later than average, on 12 April. The long and gentle ripening season, peppered with some showers after a winter flush with rain, ensured for intense fruit concentration in the finished wine, with a depth of seamless tannin yet elegance only achieved in great years. Cool open fermentation using a combination of heading boards, for complete cap submersion, and gentle pump overs to achieve gentle extraction, ensured retention of fresh fruit characters while allowing for optimum tannin extraction. - Jules Ashmead & Brock Harrison

Tasting Notes

Alcohol: 14.9

Aroma: Lifted ripe plums with hints of Christmas cake spice, and subtle gamey notes

Appearance: Deep crimson

Taste: Rich and attractive spicy ripe berries reminiscent of summer pudding, supported by silky tannins that together provide a focused structure, and a powerful yet elegant finish

Mouthfeel: Rich, powerful and elegant

Ageing Process: Drink now or cellar confidently for 15 - 20 years

Serving Suggestion: Iconic and intensely concentrated, this Shiraz is made for bold, celebratory meals. Pair with eye fillet or ribeye, slow-cooked lamb shanks, or smoked brisket and BBQ ribs. For something indulgent, try it with rich winter casseroles or even dark chocolate after dinner. A wine for milestones—or whenever you want to make an impression.

Cellaring

30 months in new American and French puncheons

Reviews

96 points, Halliday Wine Companion

This does command respect thanks to the fruit coming off 123yo vines and the care with it from that moment right through to the winemaking. It is powerful and divine. Lush with the dark fruit coated with chocolate, pepper and coffee. The palate feels all velvety with the tannins neatly placed, the oak integrated and with a glass in hand, a sense that all's well with the world.

96 points, Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot

2017 was a challenging season for the region with several rain events, but this wine has nailed it with a slightly less overt and more restrained style than previous vintages, although still within the established style of Command. It gets 30 months in a mix of French and American oak, a combination that remains important to the style. Importantly it is still 100 % new oak. The wine has been crafted into such a seamless and smoothly textured wine, benefitting no doubt from the vines which are now 127 years old. The chalky tannin feel contributes greatly to the appealing texture and mouthfeel. Rich dark chocolate and lush primary fruits with a spicy vanillin overlay. Dense and concentrated yet with a degree of subtlety and finesse with a palate that sits more in the medium weight zone than the more traditional big boy full body.

95 points, Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate

The 2017 Command Single Vineyard Shiraz is spicy and savory, restrained and long. This is aging well and shows none of the premature development that I have seen in other wines from this region in this vintage. It's very good, with notes of sweet tobacco and dried herbs, salted licorice and sweet roasted game. 14.9% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Elderton and the Barossa Valley Grape and Wine Association said the 2017 vintage wrapped up a month or more later than in recent years, with some standout wines showing a lot of promise and an overall yield 20% to 30% above a low five-year average. The 2016 growing season was one of the wettest on record. 2016 annual rainfall was 750 millimeters, over 150% of the long-term average. March saw the beginning of an Indian summer, which lasted until late April. This was perfect for consistent ripening of grapes, with good color development and natural acidity.

94+ points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front

Single vineyard. Vines planted, remarkably, in 1894. French and American oak. This year’s release has a floral element. A leather element. And a refreshing element. It’s 14.9% alcohol and yet it has an elegance; it’s its usual plush self but it has vigour. There’s a clear line of aniseed-like flavour, a rush of plum, smears of coffee and vanilla. It feels and tastes firm and solid and yet, as I say, there’s plenty of juice and bounce. It presents like a deep-set, throaty version of grenache, though of course it’s shiraz. It’s drinking pretty well already but it should age a treat.

94 points, Sarah Ahmed, Decanter

From a single 1894 block, Command is renowned for its generosity. In a milder year, this is not the most concentrated vintage, but delivers no shortage of pleasure. Ripe and supple, the plum and blackberry palate is loaded with liquorice, cedar, clove, vanilla and black cardamom. Creamy, malty mocha oak brings a plush, savoury dimension to the palate. With silty, immersive tannins it is lingering and intense, with lovely balance.
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