2011 Shafer Relentless

Community Tasting Notes (100) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  3/11/2024 - Bluethunder wrote: 93 Points

  Lots of dark fruit, medium bodied, nice balance and smooth finish.

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  3/8/2024 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Deep purple color. Blackberries in the nose with hints of licorice, earthiness and floral. Lots of black and blue fruits in the flavor, blackberries, plums, blueberries with notes of minerals. Very well balanced, nice acidity, medium to full bodied, nice complexity and a medium to long finish.

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  9/7/2023 - Winowhyno Likes this wine: 93 Points

  winner winner chicken dinner!!!!! deep purple.... bountiful nose ...deep fruity mouthful of flavor....6 more years in cellar really paid off......sad that it is my last 2011

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  6/10/2023 - -Tim- Likes this wine: 93 Points

  From the vineyard at Vaca Mountains close to Stags Leap District. 30 months barrel maturation. 91% Syrah and 9% Petite Syrah.
  
  4h decant.
  
  This is a big wine, by all means. Dark violet colour. Complex palate with blueberries, black plums, something fresh (eucalyptus, mint?), velvet tannins, light oak, black pepper, licorice, and roasted herbs.
  
  I would have rated even higher but the finish was somewhat acdity and alcohol (16% ABV!) driven.
  
  This bottle had 94p stickers from Wine Enthusiast and Wine Spectator as well 94-96p Parker on it.

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  4/24/2023 - jshufelt wrote: 93 Points

  Three years ago, I told myself to wait five years before opening another bottle. Ha! Still, I'm not unhappy with that decision. While there are still significant tannins, we continue to see more and more of the upside here - a balanced mix of blue fruit and stone fruit, a sprinkling of oak, and the emergence of minerality, with a softer palate than I recall for prior bottles. A more disciplined version of me would have waited until now to open the first bottle.

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