2013 Realm Cellars Houyi Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 96.3 points

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  7/15/2023 - ewasowicz Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Nose: raisins, blackberry jam
  Taste: very smooth long finish of blackberries, raisins, charcoal
  This is a very good wine. I’m glad I waited to open it.

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  5/10/2023 - Slwojdyla Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Uncorked about an hour before serving based on the notes below. Spot on. Pronounced nose with an immediately rewarding finish. Plush mouthfeel leaning expected black and blue fruits with a long finish. You can’t help but smile after taking your first sip. Still more primary than anything but I prefer that to being overly tertiary. Easily has another 5+ years even if the fire starts to subside. Loved trying the first vintage Benoit did from this Pritchard hill and now estate site. A special wine. Enjoyed with a couple new and old world cab lovers who both were extremely pleased.

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  3/20/2022 - CLOrta Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Drinking beautifully now, full and rich yet not too tanic, fruit leather, chocolate, full bodied

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  1/5/2022 - KTelaak_Buffalo Likes this wine: 98 Points

  This was an exceptional wine tonight. Brilliant on the nose and on the palate. Deep and rich fruits but also smooth with 9 years of age. A wonderfully long finish too. A wine to enjoy and discuss with friends. The drinking window is open. Great almost immediately upon popping the cork and through 3 hours. A slight drop off after that preventing a 99 or 100.

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  7/26/2020 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 96 Points

  Opened in the bottle and drank over 24 hours. Texturally murky and loaded with sediment. Fortunately on the palate it’s ready to roll and loaded with dark chocolate, sweet black fruit, espresso, cassis... it delivers on what you would want and expect from Realm. Like most 13’s right now the tannins are a little harsh but otherwise the fruit here is ready.

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