Tasted 5 March 2016
Napa Valley · Stags Leap District
This was an unexpected addition to a 2013 Realm lineup including the 2013 Bard, Farella, and BTK. The Bevan was the first of the four, and had been opened (in bottle) for approximately three-four hours before…
Distinctly Tench in style, with black and red cherry, black and red licorice, dust, crushed roses, red rock, and spice, the Calixtro is a young pup for sure, but it is swirling with fun flavors.…
I haven't had this wine in over four years, but this really held its own throughout the evening. Still a powerful and strong showing, but not overbearing or loud. When I kept revisiting it, the…
Ok, so this bottle screams two words to me very distinctly and without equivocation: "Drink Now." It's a Charleston chewy prune purple drank and all, but it's pushing past its window (at least, this…
