2002 The Standish Wine Company The Relic

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  6/8/2018 - DrBad Likes this wine: 90 Points

  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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  2/12/2016 - champ12oh Likes this wine: 93 Points

  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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  5/7/2013 - Stirling Likes this wine: 93 Points

  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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  11/1/2012 - Charlie Carnes wrote:

  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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  8/24/2010 - ricko wrote: 93 Points

  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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