2013 Realm "The Tempest" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend

“The 2013 Tempest is Realm's homage to Right Bank Bordeaux, as it is a blend of 86% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Sauvignon. Like Shakespeare's famous play, this is meant to be an in-your-face, boisterous, expressive and flamboyant wine. Most of the grapes tend to come from great vineyards such as Dr. Crane and others. The wine is lush and ripe, with a stunning nose of coffee beans, chocolate, black cherries, and blackberries. It is deep, heady, and enormously appealing in its opulence and sexiness. (RP)” (12/2015)

“The 2013 The Tempest is dark, super-ripe and powerful in the glass. A burst of dark red fruit, game, licorice, incense, sweet pipe tobacco, chocolate, earthiness and brown spices is front and center. This super-ripe, potent Merlot-based red has a ton to offer. It clearly shows the riper style Realm favored at the time, but it has aged well. (AG)” (05/2024)

“Combines richness with a core of structure, offering aromas of red currant and tomato leaf and layered flavors of cherry, black olive and spice. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. (TF)” (11/2016)