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2014

Realm Cellars The Bard

Tasted 17 February 2018 California · Napa Valley

Starting to come around a bit better; slowly but surely. Previous notes apply; some nice black core fruit, with bitter chocolate, dark roast coffee, sweet oak vanilla char, blueberry, and some earthy cedar. Missing the…

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