2004 Shafer Relentless

Community Tasting Notes (91) Avg Score: 92.0 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View JonathanP's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/28/2024 - JonathanP wrote: 91 Points

  Double decanted and drunk over two nights. Plenty of jammy black fruit with liquorice, juniper, earth, graphite, leather, and some peppery spices. Clocking in at 14.9%, the high alcohol is very noticeable on the nose, palate, and sides of the glass. While it doesn’t stick out too much, it is warming and not my style. A big wine on the palate. It’s glycerol sweetness is punchy and while velvety, the tannins are still a little powdery. Not my cup to tea, but for those who like bigger new world reds, this is pretty good and ready to go with a good decant.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View davidandrose's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/31/2021 - davidandrose Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Coravan’d 3 glasses the first night, uncorking the remaining 2/3 of the bottle 3 nights later. There’s good fruit to this with a dry, flavorful finish dominated by syrupy graphite, w dark fruit that could one day develop into port but isn’t quite there yet. While this wine delivers a lot of flavor, the finish is disappointingly brief.
  
  As it warms up and breathes in syrah stems, the wine picks up more weight and the finish lengthens, but there’s a negative trade off with a bit more alcohol as well.
  
  Was hoping to to enjoy this even more, I’m pleased w it’s condition after 2 cross country moves

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View dslaven's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/17/2020 - dslaven wrote: 93 Points

  Amazing. Cassis and black pepper

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Margaux Bro's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/5/2019 - Margaux Bro wrote: 94 Points

  Still a ton of life left here. This is a big banger, definitely extracted and high alcohol. French oak abounds, and its very new world in nature. This is something you'd want to drink with a ribeye. I'd say this still has 10-15 years of life left.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Decanting Queen's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/18/2019 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

  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.

  2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (10)

View all 91 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.