The Realm
Realm Cellars
The Bard Red Wine 2019
Very good! My business partner buys this and lets me sip it whenever I like 😎
@Dave Clinton, suck up to that partner!
You know I do. He feeds me Pappy Van Winkle, too 😂
Realm Cellars
Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Wow. Fantasy bottle. — 18 days ago
Hartwell Vineyards
Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon 1991
Picked up a couple of these from a local cellar sale at a crazy cheap price and have been happy with each one.
Classically older SLD Cabernet. The fruit spectrum is on the red and black side (as I expect from SLD) with a mocha/cocoa layered sweetness. Some older fig, sweet pipe tobacco, and a core of fruit still in-tact. Soft on the mid-palate but retaining nice structure throughout the finish. Exactly what I expected from 34yr old Napa Cabernet.
Hope to try the Realm X Hartwell wine to see the vision from where this was to what the profile goal is in the future. — a month ago
13.2% for a Cab from CA.
@Pinotman /// Andreas Those were the days but there were a lot clocking in around 13.8. Just looked at my 1999 bottle. It’s 14.1.
FWIW, Ketan Mody’s Beta wines often have modest ABV’s like the OG wines
Ron R
Decadent, but evolving to a more subtle space. Overripe cherries and light tobacco on the nose. The palate is dense and compact with cherries, coffee and barrel toast. Another wine requiring no food. Soft acidity, but finishes sweet. One of the few wineries we purchase from every year. — a day ago