Winemaker Notes
This is a stylish Relentless offering vivid, lush aromas and flavors of meatiness over a juicy core of black plum, dark chocolate, white pepper, blackberry, and savory spice. The mouthfeel is full and liquid-velvet with a tension and finesse that is a 2021 hallmark. The finish lingers on and on. This is a terrific candidate for many years in the cellar.
Blend: 97% Syrah, 3% Petite Sirah

Critical Acclaim

James Suckling - 97pts
A supersaturated, deep, almost thick wine that coats the mouth with potent dark fruit flavors and wraps them in a full body and firm, gripping tannins that need time to resolve. It's syrah with a 3% boost of petite sirah, bringing all the deep color, dark blue fruit and peppery spices of the Rhone. Grilled meat, charcoal and dried blackberries, too. Best from 2030.

Vinous - 95pts
The 2021 Relentless is a potent, brooding wine. Dark cherry, plum, licorice, cloves, game, scorched earth and black pepper explode onto the palate. Swaths of tannin wrap it all together. This intense, structured Syrah-based blend clearly needs a few years in bottle to be at its best. It's pretty impressive, even in the early going. The 2021 spent six more months in barrel than originally projected because of the delayed 2023 harvest.