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2013

Realm Cellars The Absurd

Tasted 7 February 2018 California · Napa Valley

Massive but sophisticated in its overall deliver of flavor...and I mean FLAVOR. Black and dark, dark red core fruit, with blackberry, black raspberry, bitter chocolate, clove, allspice, anise, topsoil, vanilla bean, and…

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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…

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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…

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