WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
The 2022 Relentless offers an exquisite balance of concentration with elegance. Layers of juicy black plum, wild berry compote, and black licorice exhibit complexity and tension with crushed stone, garrigue, and sage brush. Ideal ripeness and racy acidity add lift to its core. Richly pleasurable now, this vintage will evolve magnificently over the next 20 – 30 years.
Blend: 90% Syrah, 10% Petite Sirah
TASTING NOTES:
Powerful and compact with aromas of blackberry liqueur, dark plums, smoked meats, peppercorn and graphite. Full-bodied and deeply structured with dense dark fruit, savory spices and muscular tannins that build across the palate. Intense and age-worthy with a long, powerful finish. Made from 90% syrah and 10% petite sirah. Best from 2030.
- James Suckling, 96 pts.
Harvested early in the heat, the 2022 Syrah Relentless (90% Syrah and 10% Petite Sirah) is ripe and juicy, with other red and black fruits, peppery herbs, violets, spice, and incense-like aromas and flavors. This richly textured, full-bodied 2022 has sweet, velvety tannins and a great finish.
Range: 92-94
- Jeb Dunnuck, 94 pts.
Still in barrel, the 2022 Relentless is a co-fermented blend of 90% Syrah and 10% Petite Sirah. It shows some of the effects of the early September heat wave in its notes of baked blackberries combined with hints of menthol and white pepper on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is silky but firm, finishing with a tart edge. Barrel Sample: 91-93
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 pts.
The 2022 Relentless is shaping up to be a beauty. Soaring, high-toned aromatics make a strong opening statement. Crushed flowers, ripe red fruit, pomegranate and blood orange develop with some time in the glass. The alcohol feels just a bit on the high side, but there are enough other things going on to pull this wine together.
Range: 91-93
- Vinous, 93 pts.
