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2013

Realm Cellars The Bard

Tasted 17 October 2018 California · Napa Valley

Color me the outlier...again... Maybe I need to trade in my palate for a new one...? If you're running late for work, the punchline for those holding bottles is to wait another year+. If you have time to kill, by all…

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2019

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