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2010 Shafer Vineyards Relentless

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August 6, 2023 - $76

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RATINGS

95Wine Spectator

Firm, rich and dense, this combines power with finesse, offering a deep mix of chewy dark berry, dark chocolate, black licorice, road tar, tobacco and loamy earth flavors, tightly wound and leading to a long finish...

92-94The Wine Advocate

Freshly cut flowers, violets, mint and licorice all jump from the glass in the 2010 Relentless... A wine of gorgeous aromatic intensity, the 2010 impresses for its considerable energy, focus and freshness...

92Wine Enthusiast

It’s not just the succulent blueberry, black cherry, mocha, currant, bacon and new oak flavors that make this wine so impressive—it’s the structure. The tannins are as gorgeous as Napa is capable of producing...

91Vinous / IWC

Pungent, expressive aromas of blackberry, minerals, spices and game. Densely packed, concentrated and sweet, showing very good energy to its dark berry and licorice flavors. Finishes with sweet tannins and lovely length.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,

VINTAGE

2010 Shafer Vineyards Relentless

Blend of Syrah and Petite Sirah.