Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot
seamless Masseto endowed with magnificent balance
Very dense and meaty with an incredible tannin structure that enables this to be simultaneously very big and elegant
20% aged in concrete
the initial impression is of opulent black cherry fruit
2004 Standish The Relic Shiraz - Viognier Italian Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot"More exotic and flamboyant than the Shiraz, but equally profound is the 2004 Shiraz Viognier The Relic (93% and 7% respectively, cropped at . 5 tons of fruit per acre, and aged 20 months in old French oak). An inky purple colored, powerful, full bodied, rich red, it possesses a huge, sweet nose of blue and black fruits, flowers, and subtle oak, a blockbuster mid section, and an amazingly long finish. More approachable than the 2003 Shiraz, it can be