Tasted 8 February 2019
Napa Valley · Stags Leap District
As Cristal2000 mentioned, this is likely the best Moonracer to date. Far more complex and expanding in the palate than the 2014, and a worthy follow-up to the 2015, this 2016 Moonracer delivers weighty and intense…
Big and ripe black fruit and dark soil elements dominate. A rich Napa Oakville bomb that carries enough mineral lift to keep it all in focus. Seems to be getting heavier with time. Drink now.
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…
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…
