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2014

Realm Cellars The Absurd

Tasted 7 February 2018 California · Napa Valley

An enormous, gushing cascade of dark core fruit encompassed by sweet vanilla bean and oak components. Blackberry, black raspberry, blueberry, dark and milk chocolate, fresh vanilla bean, oak char, and baking spice. A…

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2019

Realm Cellars The Absurd

California · Napa Valley

In a blind amongst some stellar performers (Kinsman, Macdonald, Scarecrow, Colgin), the 2019 Absurd showed as lighter bodied (I mean, for a Realm) and redder fruited than I would have anticipated. It…

Reviewed 24 July 2024
2016

Realm Cellars The Falstaff

Napa Valley · Rutherford

Wild berry jubilee, cassis, cinnamon, and vanilla Schnapps dominate the profile here. In my previous note a couple of years ago, I characterized the initial experience of this wine as having "a…

Reviewed 4 May 2022
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