Community Tasting Note

sirpat00 wrote:

Monday, August 28, 2023 - Part of a small Napa 2015 vintage horizontal, focusing on Realm and Bevan. My main observations were that 2015 is more extracted and ripe than 2014 or 2016, less elegant but with more weight. The wines were generally open and in a good spot, but still all primary. Tannin structures are soft

Tasting note:
Tasted blind. This was the pirate in the line-up and clearly failed to impress. Notes of dried earth and dried earth along with fruit of plum and bramble berry provide for a dark profile overall. Most distinguishing was the heavy mineral base which came across almost petrol-like with notes of sulfur, at times even leaning somewhat towards foul eggs. The palate showed a medicinal aftertaste, but was more fresh than anticipated thanks to a nice acidic structure. Not bad in the end and with some intriguing features, but still struggling to wrap my head around what’s going on here…

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