Community Tasting Notes 62

• awilko Likes this wine: 94 points

  February 24, 2022 - Sublime. A bit of pepper and mustiness on the nose. Dark berries, currant, and tar. Barry White Smooth. Still complex. Finishes dry. I could drink this every night without getting tired of it.
  
  I decanted it and it was fantastic right away. I’d love more.

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• Mneumeier wrote: 90 points

  March 11, 2021 - It took a minute to open up but was good not a lot of fruit left.

• Mneumeier wrote: 91 points

  July 18, 2020 - Drinking great PnP. No real need to decant. Watch the cork ours did crumble.

• Mneumeier wrote: 92 points

  July 3, 2020 - Drinking great! PnP. On the mark right now!

• jviz wrote: 97 points

  April 7, 2019 - This was a magical bottle of the Tempest. Winebid purchase and generously shared by my friend Tmud, we opened about an hour before dinner and didn’t decant. Probably should have as the last few glasses were really marvelous.
  
  Dark ruby with faint bricking, some secondary characteristics were coming through on the nose. Notes of saddle leather, dried fruit, red plum, bouquet garni. Really nice example of an integrated wine. Fruit is still present but all melded together, and not explosive or OTT. Clearly a Napa profile but there’s a lovely Bordelais quality at this point. Good for at least 5 more years IMO

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Realm Cellars
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation The Tempest
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 426 (42%)
• Consumed 586 (58%)

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