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Manage Subscriptions2002 The Standish Wine Company The Relic
Shiraz Blend
- Australia
- South Australia
- Barossa
- Barossa Valley
Community Tasting Notes 13
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DrBad Likes this wine: 90 points
June 8, 2018 - Coravin tasting with Booker and Gorman 2010 Syrahs. Reddish-brown chestnut and murky in color. Medium-high acidity, slightly sweet, syrupy tar with a long finish.
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champ12oh Likes this wine: 93 points
February 12, 2016 - I'm in the 93 camp. PnP. Black plums and dried prunes and dates, shoe polish, black olive, attic, jerky, brown spice on aroma. Juicy and fresh black fruit, a surge of black licorice, dripping with black olive, any sign of creamy oak is totally absorbed and a pleasing acid cleanses and lingers. This is in a surprisingly wonderful spot of savory and sweet. Glad I held onto one. Wow.
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Stirling Likes this wine: 93 points
May 7, 2013 - Dark red, slight fade at rim. Lovely nose of balckberry and creme de cassis. Intense flavours of red fruits, blueberries and blackberries. What is most noticeable is the texture: this wine is thick with a creamy texture. Evokes a blueberry/blackberry milkshake. The same creamy texture that I find in Hundred Acre, Caymus and some other CA cabs. This is a controversial wine that will polarize opinion: some will love the intensity of the fruit, others will hate it and find it over the top. I am somewhere between, more a fan than a detractor. Thought the creaminess was a bit overdone and obscured any secondary nuances. Very well-made wine, but a style I can visit only a few times a year.
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Charlie Carnes wrote:
November 1, 2012 - Really not too bad. I don't like the genre anymore, but this wine is still quite good. It is a little heat affected and quite ripe, but the fruit comes out mostly on the red side to me- DARK red- and rather fluid so I was able to drink and dare say, enjoy this wine.
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ricko wrote: 93 points
August 24, 2010 - 2002 Standish The Relic 93% shiraz/ 7% viognier (RP91) 14.5%. Australian version of Cote Rotie. I've enjoyed several vintages of both the Standish shiraz and Standish The Relic; I tend to prefer the Relic, for a bit more complexity and it's floral nose. Slight VA on the nose; blew off with aeration. Boatload of sweet black fruit; nothing subtle about this wine, but it's in a pretty good place right now; better than the bottle I had in Jan 2010. RF93.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Australia and the Pacific Northwest, Issue #8, 6/25/2011 (link)(The Standish Wine Company The Relic) Subscribe to see review text.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2002
- Type Red
- Producer The Standish Wine Company
- Varietal Shiraz Blend
- Designation The Relic
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Australia
- Region South Australia
- SubRegion Barossa
- Appellation Barossa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 91 (59%)
- Consumed 64 (41%)
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- RegionSouth Australia
- SubRegionBarossa
- AppellationBarossa Valley
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