Community Tasting Note

• Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 95 points

  November 11, 2017 - Blind wine tasting of 2014 Realm Absurd, 2015 Carter GTO, 2015 Scarlett Reserve, 2013 Tusk and 2015 Vice Versa Magnificent Seven. Eight total raters. Wine decanted for approximately 8 hours prior to consumption.
  
  This was my #4 and the group's last place finisher. Based on my previous tasting of it, the incredible quality of the vineyards and exceptional winemaking (not to mention $400 price tag), I expected it to compete for the title. Sadly it did not. As a bit of a disclaimer, I did open it the day I received it, so that could've accounted for the poorer than expected showing.
  
  Despite everything said above, it was still a terrific wine. Dark purple in the glass, with notes of blueberry, forest floor, black licorice and a hint of pepper. This has lots of vanilla and a good amount of fruit, to go with a small bit of oak. It was less integrated than the others, with some biting and astringent qualities on the mid pallet and finish. And despite being a very big wine, for some reason in comparison to the others it felt a little light and watery.

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• pbreton commented:

  11/15/17, 4:37 PM - Hi Cristal2000,
  
  The 15s were bottled in August and just shipped. Simply give them a bit of time to resolve bottle shock. They will be singing shortly.
  
  All the best!
  
  Patrice

• Cristal2000 commented:

  11/15/17, 9:02 PM - Hey Patrice - Yeah, I knew popping the cork so soon might be an issue. It didn't seem like a problem initially, but clearly from the results something was off. Looking forward to seeing what my other couple bottles brings. Thanks for the insight!

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