Shafer Relentless 2016

Red
Stags Leap District, United States
8.0
WineSaint

Inky and concentrated, with blackberry, smoke and espresso flowing through a muscular frame. The extended barrel aging shows in layers of vanilla and baking spice that complement rather than dominate the dark fruit core. Firm tannins need time to integrate. A powerhouse built for the cellar.

blackberrysmokeespressovanilla
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Shafer is one of the Stags Leap District's benchmark estates, built on steep hillside vineyards and best known for Hillside Select, a single-vineyard Cabernet that ranks among Napa Valley's most consistently celebrated reds.