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2007 Shafer Vineyards Relentless
- Napa Valley, USA
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- $ 900 / 750ml
- From March 2024
- Red - Rich and Intense
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Wine Spectator Wine of the Year 2012.
Critic tasting note: "Relentless, a blend this year of mainly Syrah and Petite Sirah, is always a very good wine. The '07 strikes one as, above all, tannic and dry. Then the blackberry, black cherry, dark baker's chocolate, herb tea and smoked meat flavors kick in, impressing with their complexity. It's a distinctive wine, quite unlike anything else in California. Despite the hard tannins it's drinkable now, and will challenge chefs and sommeliers to figure out what to serve it with. The winemaker suggests braised short ribs, smoked lamb, roast duck and Cheddar cheese." - 93/100, Wine Enthusiast
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Shafer Vineyards is a family-owned wine producer in the Stags Leap District of the Napa Valley. It is particularly known for its Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon, regarded as one of the very finest wines in California. With t...
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- Region or Appellation
- Producer Notes
- Relentless is a blend of Syrah and Petite Sirah that originates in a rugged, sloping vineyard planted in the chaparral foothills of the Vaca Mountains, along Napa Valley’s drier, cooler southeast corridor. The soul of the wine, though, comes from its namesake, our longtime winemaker, Elias Fernandez, who the Shafer family honors with this proprietary blend for his relentless pursuit of quality.
- Drinking Window
- 2018-2035
- Alcohol ABV
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15.8%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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Syrah & Petite Sirah (Durif)
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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French
- Winemaker
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Elias Fernandez
- Ownership
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Shafer family
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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A small ridgetop site and a foothills site along the Vaca Mountains just south of Stags Leap District.
- Ageing
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30 months in 100% new 60-gallon French oak barrels (Allier & Tronçais).
About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Meat pastilla Starter Course
- Contains: pistachio, cinnamon
- Moroccan
- Beef with black bean sauce Main Course
- Chinese
- Lamb couscous Main Course
- Contains: ras el hanout
- Moroccan
- Chicken tagine Main Course
- Contains: ras el hanout
- Moroccan
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Vintage quality: Excellent
Current condition: Ready to drink, will keep
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