Bill Morgan

9.1

Red fruit bright soft finish — a month ago

Amanda Thomas

9.5

Velvety and smooth, dark fruit, slightly high acidity. Well balanced. — a year ago

with Tim

Jimmy Vo

9.5

Didn’t know what to expect with this... 2017 and new relationship with Realm.... WOW... did it surprise! Layered with a great finish! Stood out over the 17’ tempest — 5 years ago

Ross Fulton

9.0

Knead the dough honey — 6 years ago

"Odedi"

9.5

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!

Inky in color with a short reddish rim.

Beautiful nose of stewed plums, cooked cherries, cedar, toast, light vanilla, raisins, Indian spices, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, vinaigrette and peppercorn.

Full-bodied, elegant and rich, with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry and very fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, black plums, cherries, spices, dark chocolates, tobacco leaf, herbs, peppercorn, licorice, light black tea and eucalyptus.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 10 year old Merlot based Bordeaux blend from Napa Valley is drinking fantastically now, and probably drinking at its peak.

Elegant and robust at the same time. Very Complex and interesting. The nose is just gorgeous and the palate follows right behind.

Good right out of the bottle, and so much better after a couple of hours in the decanter.

Aged very nicely actually, and I really enjoyed the nose once it opened up. Will continue to drink nicely in the next 7 years.

Robert Parker 95 points.

Rich and elegant. Feels like a Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. I love these Napa Valley Bordeaux blends, and I just love everything made by Michel Roland, the consulting winemaker here.

A blend of 62% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. Aged in (65% new) French Oak barrels.

14.6% alcohol by volume.

95 points.

$180. — 2 months ago

Michael Egan

9.2

2008 vintage was beautiful — 5 years ago

Amanda Ryan

9.4

Good, not oakey at all, but haven’t confirmed whether it’s officially un-oaked. — 5 years ago

Norman Gennaro

9.2

Magnum. Some say better than the Tempest. Some say. — 8 months ago

Kyle Gross

9.0

Really nice Naramata blend. A hint of spice. — 3 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2017 vintage. Previous tasting notes from 8.5.21 apply. Add in an additional light lavender flourish mid-palate and it's on-like Tempest. — 3 years ago