Standish, Relic Vintage:2021 I very much like the

I very much like the power and intensity to the concentrated yet refined medium weight flavors that display evident minerality on the beautifully textured if slightly short finish that is ever-so-mildly youthfully austere

I also tasted Conterno’s first wines from his newly-acquired vineyard in Cerretta

16 ha parcel)

Best from 2021 through 2034

Standish, Relic Vintage:2021 I very much like theThe 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