Community Tasting Note

• msuwine wrote: 94 points

  July 3, 2021 - This ripe and seamless Cabernet is drinking at - or perhaps somewhat past - its peak. Garnet in color and full in body, the wine offers aromas of blueberry, black licorice, plum, and pencil shavings. Flavors of black cherry, milk chocolate, blackened toast, and peppercorn, with an integrated and lifted, almost pulsating finish. Blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Petit Verdot. 15% alcohol. Decant two hours.
  
  As with most Dr. Crane productions, this wine is elevated by its fruit, which is lovely, dark and deep. I think the Realm wines really start to hit their stride in the 2012 vintage (with the arrival of Benoit Touquette), but Juan Mercado and Michel Rolland were no slouches, either. Drink this one soon, since I'm not sure how much longer it will last, but it's quite tasty now. 94+ at the moment.

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4 Comments

• Mark1npt commented:

  7/3/21, 8:30 PM - Thanks for the update on how this one is doing, much appreciated!

• gteran76 commented:

  8/12/22, 10:38 AM - @ msuwine, thanks for the detailed review, I'm planing on drinking this tonight. One side note, how are you putting a "+" on your rating and saying to drink soon at the same time? A + means the wine has more to the upside...

• msuwine commented:

  8/12/22, 11:55 AM - Thanks, guys. I use the “+” in a more quantitative sense - to indicate that, to me, the wine is better than a 94 (but not quite a 95). Imprecise, I know, but it’s meant to indicate a little extra enthusiasm in the moment (as opposed to a prediction about the future, which I usually just say if I think it exists). Anyway, hope each of you guys enjoy the wine whenever you open it!

• gteran76 commented:

  8/12/22, 12:17 PM - I see, thanks for replying. If that's the case I will put 95- to be in tune with the conventional scoring system. Cheers!

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