Community Tasting Note

• Cristal2000 Does not like this wine:

  August 2, 2020 - Well folks, I brought this to dinner thinking it would be a good comparison to the 2017 MacDonald and it was absolutely destroyed. Here's hoping this was just a bad bottle. Easily the worst wine I had on a trip where I drank over 50 wines. This felt flabby, manipulated and without any character or promise. The most "meh" offering I can ever remember having from Realm, and I typically really enjoy most everything they make, especially the BTK. Some rumors about when this was picked out there - hope they are not true. I will refrain from posting a score on here giving the benefit of the doubt, because it would start with an 8. I see other CT'ers I respect had a good experience, so let's hope it was just this one time. Have a number of bottles left.

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5 Comments

• #1Winelover commented:

  8/6/20, 3:53 AM - That's too bad. I had a similar experience. My bottle wasn't bad -- it was just okay. Kind of flat. No "oomph."

• Raguilar commented:

  8/6/20, 5:13 AM - Thanks for the notes. I’m going to let mine rest for a couple of years.

• Cristal2000 commented:

  8/6/20, 7:54 AM - Hi Winelover - yeah, that is a reasonable description of what it was like. Although, having to next to the MacDonald showed just how lacking it was and there was certainly some question about manipulation etc. All I know is this one was not what I've come to expect from Realm.

• Big&Bold707 commented:

  12/21/23, 9:12 PM - Hey Cristal, have you checked back in on this one since this tasting?

• Cristal2000 commented:

  12/22/23, 7:40 AM - Hi B&B - I haven't checked back in, but that's because with a few exceptions, I don't have any 2017's in there!

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