Tasted Saturday, March 3, 2018 by csimm with 269 views
Q: What walks on four legs in the morning?
A: The abominable fat baby Bard.
Q: What walks on two legs in the afternoon?
A: The consummate professional Moonracer.
Q: What walks on three legs in the evening?
A: The crippled peg-leg 2010 Farella.
Q: What walks on no legs at night?
A: My empty corpse of a Realm SVD allocation.
2017 Realm Cellars Sauvignon Blanc Fidelio 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Traditional SB notes of yellow citrus and white stone core fruit, yellow pear, lemon juice, honeydew melon, mango, pumice, sulfur, and wet pavement. A medium attack with an equally medium-weighted mid-palate. Not a whole lot of complexity to be had at the moment (I have more favored previous vintages of Realm’s SB/white wines - ‘16 Fidelio and ‘14/‘15 ibid.Farella).
The back end fell off a bit, replaced with post hole cement and sulphuric-tinged notes that threw the core fruit a little off-kilter in terms of seamlessness.
90-91+ points for now, with hope that the sulfur and concrete notes will subside and allow some brighter fruit to push forward. Hold until late summer of 2018.
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