Community Tasting Note
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Jimaronson wrote: 97 points
July 11, 2021 - Had the wine along with 2012 Realm TOK and 2012 Abreu Capella. The Schrader was softer than the Realm. The Abreu was the most elegant of the three. The Schrader was fruit forward with more sweetness than Realm. It exhibited cigar box and black fruits. The Abreu wine was the best of all three with a 97 rating and just a beautiful wine. It was the most integrated and interesting. You could taste the winemaker expertise and how Abreu personalized the wine and made what he preferred rather than focusing on price and distribution. The Schrader was built for the masses and designed not to have any hard edges. The Realm was built bigger than the Schrader which made me believe that in three years the Realm will outshine the Schrader wine with a higher concentration of sweet fruit, but not the Abreu which remains two points above. These are all big wines and integrated due to age. There is was very little nose present in the Schrader and Abreu. The Realm wine had a terrific nose and the most upfront of all three bottles. I would recommend drinking the Abreu and Schrader now or in the next five years. The Realm could be opened now with a four hour decant and certainly enjoyed or even better the next day, but you could also wait two years if you prefer a two hour decant and more sweet fruit on day one in comparison to the Schrader and Abreu. Unless you had all three at the same time then you would be perfectly fine with the Realm alone and believe it had wonderful sweet fruit. I kept these wines for a week and they did get better and bigger. So, do not hesitate to open them and take your time finishing the bottles over a 7 day period.
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Jimaronson commented:
8/7/21, 4:23 PM - It is 8/7 and I had one glass left in the bottle. The wine showed no sign of too much oxegon. There is a big nose with black liquorish, cassis, graphite and black raspberry on the nose and pallet. The wine is more delicate now than when first opened and exhibits a lot of finesse. I believe the fruit has softened, but not faded. The tannins are soft and I believe you could easily keep this wine for another 10 years. It is still bright on the pallet unlike a more subtle French wine with secondary characteristics. It is one dimensional in the Napa way. This would be excellent with a ribeye, porterhouse, or filet. It is a 98.