2004 Shafer Relentless
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Decanting Queen Likes this wine:
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - Way way way too young. I can’t understand the notes saying this is past its prime??!! I wish I had waited. Beautiful aromas and intense ripe fruits. But no tertiary flavors at all. Plenty of acid and tannin to go longer. Best on day 3.
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Comment posted by Mark1npt:
6/18/2019 8:14:00 PM - Lol, Jen....I drank one of my '12s and it was awesome!!!! I can see that if you re in between the secondary and the tertiary phases, this may not be that good, but the secondary phase of the '12 was soooo smooooth with great fruit, I just couldn't wait any longer! I didn't know you were solely a tertiary girl!
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
6/19/2019 2:47:00 AM - I am sure the 2012 was great—I have had some younger relentless. But this was very primary without the freshness of being so young. It was still a great wine, but with only one bottle I would have liked to see more age on it.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
6/19/2019 5:21:00 AM - The '12 still had some nice fruit but clearly was in a secondary phase of silky goodness, still clearly evolving. Maybe one of the more magical syrahs I've ever had, not that I drink a lot of them, lol! I have one left. I may try to hold it 4-5 more years just to see what it does.
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
6/19/2019 5:26:00 AM - Maybe my bottle had just been stored way too well!! If you tasted it blind you would have said 2014. Definitely not even close to one of the best Syrah experiences for me, and although I prefer mature Syrahs, I also really enjoy the young ones. This was just too unevolved to be interesting for me.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
6/19/2019 6:22:00 AM - Wow! a '04 that tasted like a '14.....never had that happen to me. I think maybe in my past, I didn't store bottles well enough! The '12 was just so soft and silky for being such powerful fruit and flavor profile. A really big masculine wine that drank in a very feminine way.....
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
6/23/2019 2:19:00 AM - I guess I should not be complaining about it, better than the opposite problem where you open a bottle and it has aged too quickly. But for my palate I would have held longer!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
6/23/2019 5:28:00 AM - We all have our own boats, we gotta float, Jen! Yes, better than it having gone bad on you....
Comment posted by Bin707LoversDetroit:
1/30/2020 7:43:00 PM - Oh the difficult choices in life... Great conversation. Think we'll try ours this Summer... July 3rd is 15 years from our San Francisco engagement- and for this California beauty. Looking forward to weighing in on the bottle!!! Noroc! ...But we also have one last 2004 Caymus SS so... Maybe we'll crack both...
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
1/31/2020 5:17:00 AM - Congrats, Bin.......sounds like you're gonna have a very nice anniversary celebration.
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
1/31/2020 4:23:00 PM - Bin—looking forward to hearing what you think of it!