There is a whiff of post-bottling reduction that is just enough to push what appears to be ripe and clean fruit to the background

aged for 24 months in French oak barriques

even crystalline finish that delivers huge length

full and attractively textured flavors that display ample minerality on the tangy

(from 4 separate parcels totaling 4

Standish, Relic Vintage:2006 There is a whiff ofThe 2020 The Relic Shiraz Viognier is made with fruit from the Hongell family vineyard in Krondorf, with 15% to 20% whole bunches in the ferment and 1% Viognier skins co fermented. This is the best Ive seen it. Theres something about the combination of the hot year and the diminished yieldsit has recoiled and recompressed the Viognier on top of and into the Shiraz and brought them into balance harmony. Beneath its floral and stone fruit guiles is a