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Included in this lot · 55 bottles · 51 wines
Provenance: From the climate controlled cellar of a K&L customer and collector
2017 Larkmead Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Wine Enthusiast
12/2020This is a structured red that’s built by broad tannins but approachable in its youth. Earthy peat, dried herb, cedar and cigar box play against a depth of dark cherry, cassis and plum, while fresh acidity permeates beneath, making for a cohesive package. (VB)
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James Suckling
10/2019This is really subtle and complex with black truffles, blackberries, lavender and rosemary. Medium to full body. Firm and silky tannins with beautiful fruit. Linear and racy. Love the balance and finesse.
2017 Larkmead "Solari" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
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Jeb Dunnuck
01/2020The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Solari is a smaller production cuvée and is (as always) all Cabernet Sauvignon that was aged in 90% new French oak. Its similar inky purple color is followed by a beautiful nose of pure cassis and blackberry fruits intermixed with notes of dark chocolate, violets, crushed herbs, and plenty of chocolaty, earthy minerality. Rich, full-bodied, and beautifully concentrated, it stays focused, tight and backward on the palate, yet is loaded with potential.
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James Suckling
10/2019This rolls across the palate with a nimble, firm tannin structure that is beautiful and focused. Medium to full body. Savory finish. Hints of walnuts, dried tea and tobacco.
2018 Odette "Estate" Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon
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Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
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Jeb Dunnuck
01/2021Moving to the two reds, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is brilliant all the way, offering a smorgasbord-like bouquet of blueberries, raspberries, spring flowers, cured meats, tobacco, and assorted other spicy, floral nuances. I always find a subtle red fruit and mineral character in top Stags Leap Cabernet, and this beauty has it in spades. Full-bodied on the palate, this pure, plush, sexy Napa Valley Cabernet has sweet tannins, no hard edges, and a great finish. Seemingly all about sweet fruit and texture, it's nevertheless going to evolve for 20-25 years.
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Vinous
01/2022Odette's 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is sumptuous, rich and wonderfully expressive, with bright acids that lend striking energy as well as vibrancy. Crème de cassis, chocolate, new leather, licorice, espresso and lavender fill out the layers effortlessly. A reduction in new oak really lets the personality of this site and the vintage come through. The 2018 is showing beautifully today. (AG)
2018 Realm "The Moonracer" Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon
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Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
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James Suckling
12/2020A full-bodied, structured red with blackcurrant, violet, dark-chocolate and burnt-orange aromas. Walnut husk, too. Such precision and elegance. Firm, smooth tannins and a long finish. Really complex at the end. A stunning wine from Stags Leap District. Drink from 2023.
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Jeb Dunnuck
08/2020From the estate property around the new winery in Stags Leap, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Moonracer (there are normally small amounts of Merlot and Cabernet Franc in the blend) offers a glorious Napa Cabernet nose of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, dried flowers, and chocolate that develops beautifully with time in the glass. It doesn't lose a beat on the palate either and is full-bodied, with a layered, focused texture, building structure, and a great, great finish. It's a serious, age-worthy wine that needs 4-5 years of bottle age yet will evolve like a First Growth from Bordeaux. 98+
2018 Realm "Farella Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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James Suckling
12/2020An intense nose of ripe blackberry, blueberry, vanilla, clove and sandalwood. It’s full-bodied and so juicy with a wealth of ripe black fruit and layers of sweet spices. Ripe, velvety tannins and a long finish. Already impressive, but deserves a few years to develop.
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Jeb Dunnuck
01/2021Also all Cabernet Sauvignon, and the first vintage where this team has also done the farming, the 2018 Farella Estate spent 16 months in 75% new French oak. More vibrant red and blue fruits, graphite, flowers, and spice notes define this beauty, which is full-bodied and has an elegant, seamless texture, great tannins, and a beautiful, classy style.
2018 Larkmead "Solari" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Decanter
10/2020The flagship single-vineyard wine from Dan Petroski at Larkmead is remarkable in 2018. Comprised of two parcels at the southern border of Calistoga, bordering St. Helena. Soils are a combination of Cortina gravel and Pleasanton clay. A major level up in every dimension from the already fantastic Napa Valley Cabernet, the nose is enthralling: savoury and floral, ripe but restrained, smoldering and spry. The texture is seamless, multidimensional, bubt has a rustic authentically to it. A truly fantastic wine, and one to be looked to as a benchmark for balance, complexity, age-worthiness and transparency. (ML)
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James Suckling
02/2021Beautiful aromas of currants, blackberries and flowers follow through to a full body with ultra fine tannins that are polished and so long and persistent. Linear and very, very fine, yet structured.
2018 Titus "Family Estate Reserve" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Decanter
10/2020Herbaceous aromas mix with those of new French oak. The palate is plush, rich and defined, with a finish that maintains balance between juiciness and dusty, rugged tannins. In need of time to come into its own and integrate the new oak, but well-made wine nonetheless. (ML)
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Jeb Dunnuck
01/2021Violets, blueberries, candied flowers, chocolate, espresso, and background oak emerge from the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Family Estate Reserve, which is a blend of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot and the rest Malbec. With medium to full-bodied richness, a pure, elegant mouthfeel, silky tannins, and outstanding length, it shows the quality of this vintage beautifully.
2018 Sine Qua Non "Eleven Confessions Vineyard" Central Coast Syrah (missing capsule, nicked label)
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Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
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Jeb Dunnuck
08/2022The 2018 Syrah Eleven Confessions Vineyard is pure gold and Syrah doesn't get any better, no matter what region you're talking about. Incredible notes of ripe cherries, currants, ground black and white pepper, cured meats, and saddle leather all soar from the glass, and it's full-bodied, deep, and concentrated on the palate. Opening up with time in the glass, it certainly offers pleasure today yet warrants 2-4 years of bottle age and will have two decades of overall longevity. Hats off to the Krankl family for another utterly magical wine.
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Wine Advocate
05/2022The 2018 Syrah Eleven Confessions Vineyard is slow to unfold but stunning once it opens, featuring layered aromas of cassis, coffee beans, garrigue and cracked pepper before segueing to soaring floral perfume. A blend of 82% Syrah, 10.6% Grenache, 5.3% Petite Sirah and 2.1% Viognier, it's made entirely of estate fruit. It was fermented with 28% whole clusters and matured about 38 months in 50% new French oak. It has an opaque ruby-purple in color, and the palate is full-bodied, powerful and seamless, boasting powdery tannins and integrated acidity. It has a concentrated core of floral fruit and a tremendously long finish. It was bottled on December 15, 2021, and tasted May 24, 2022. 978 cases and 276 magnums will be released in the fall of 2022. (EB)
2019 Stony Hill Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon
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Quantity:2Bottle Size:750 ml
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Wine Spectator
04/2024Offers lovely red currant, raspberry and mulled cherry fruit aromas and flavors that swirl through, with hints of sweet bay leaf, pine forest and wet earth peeking through. Modestly structured, but with Spring Mountain's textbook aroma and flavor profile. Drink now through 2032. (JM)
2019 Larkmead "LMV Salon" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend (scuffed label)
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Wine Enthusiast
05/2022A nearly equal partnership of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, the herbal, earthy goodness of the Franc is in fine form here, aromatic in violet and cedar notes as well. Grippy tannin underscores its ageworthy consideration, the wine woodsy and subtle in cassis and dark cherry, with a finishing touch of graphite and rock. *Cellar Selection* (VB)
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James Suckling
01/2022Ripe-plum, berry and black-cherry aromas. Some tar, too. Clear. Medium-bodied with medium, round tannins and a creamy, polished finish. Very attractive now.
2019 Realm "Houyi Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (lightly scuffed label)
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Jeb Dunnuck
12/2021A wine that flirts with perfection, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Houyi Vineyard is 100% Cabernet from a site on Pritchard Hill. It’s a dead ringer for a great vintage of Haut-Brion, and while I normally save that comparison for the Dr. Crane release, it’s every bit as warranted here. Quintessential Cabernet notes of dark currants, tobacco, earth, and chocolate give way to a full-bodied, rich, powerful, yet also perfectly balanced wine delivering ripe tannins, incredible depth, and a magical finish.
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James Suckling
03/2022Loads of iron-shaving and lead-pencil aromas follow through to a medium to full body. Texture of thick silk. Extremely refined and polished tannins. So long and distinctive and typical for the area of Pritchard Hill. Needs three or four year to soften and come together.
2019 Scarecrow "M. Étain" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (nicked, scuffed label)
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Jeb Dunnuck
03/2022While the Grand Vin gets all the attention, don’t miss the 2019 M. Étain. This cuvée offers so much pleasure, and it also has a unique style all its own. Based on 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Malbec, 4% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot, its deep purple color is followed by a great bouquet of cassis, violets, leafy herbs, black olive, and crushed stone. Full-bodied, it has a terrific mix of richness and freshness, ripe tannins, and a great finish. While it’s a second wine at this address, it’s as good as just about everyone else’s top cuvée. (JD) 96+
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Wine Advocate
10/2021The 2019 M. Étain is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it sashays out of the glass with notes of violets, fallen leaves and incense over a warm cassis and plum preserves core, plus a waft of cardamom. Full-bodied, the ripe, opulent black fruit preserve flavors are beautifully framed by firm, grainy tannins and a lively backbone, finishing long and seductively spicy. (LPB)
2019 Sine Qua Non "Eleven Confessions Vineyard" Central Coast Grenache (cracked capsule)
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Jeb Dunnuck
08/2023The late bottled 2019 Grenache Eleven Confessions Vineyard is another undeniably great wine from this incredible estate and it tops out my scale. Based on 89% Grenache, 6% Syrah, 4% Petite Sirah, and the balance Gelber Muskateller (Muscat Blanc), all from the Eleven Confessions Vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills, it spent 39 months in 50% new French oak, with the balance in 2- to 5-year-old barrels. It's a powerful, full-bodied, opulent Grenache that brings to mind a great vintage of Domaine de Marcoux's Vieilles Vignes with its gorgeous red and black fruits, smoked herbs, leather, and assorted spicy, sandalwood, and peppery nuances. Full-bodied on the palate, it has flawless balance, a deep, layered mid-palate, and velvety tannins. It brings that rare mix of richness and elegance that only Grenache can.
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The Wine Independent
08/2023The 2019 Eleven Confessions Vineyard Grenache is deep garnet-black in color. Notes of Christmas pudding, blackberry pie, and boysenberry preserves slowly awaken and emerge before opening out to fragrant suggestions of licorice, Indian spices, potpourri, and chargrill with a touch of cinnamon stick. The full-bodied palate explodes with powerful flavors of black fruit preserves, exotic spices, and floral nuances, paved by velvety tannins with beautiful freshness, finishing long and opulent. Coming 100% from the Krankls' Eleven Confessions Vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills, the blend this year is 89.4% Grenache, 5.5% Syrah, and 4.1% Petite Sirah with a 1% splash of Gelber Muskateller (a white grape - Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains). 35% whole clusters were used in the winemaking. It was aged for around 39 months in French oak barrels, mainly large demi-muids, 50% new. It was bottled in January 2023. 922 cases and 240 magnums were made. (LPB)
2019 Larkmead "Solari" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Decanter
06/2022Crafted by winemaker Dan Petroski, who passed the torch to Avery Heelan in 2021. This was aged 18 months in mostly new French oak. Tremendously savoury and alluring aromas of black olive, baked clay, garrigue and brown scorched earth. Silken layers of blackberry, juicy plums and red currants find espresso beans and a lively vein of blood orange-like acidity. Perfectly integrated tannins that are fine-grained and precise. All built to a lavender-tinged finish. From Napa Green Certified vines. (JC)
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James Suckling
01/2022Complex aromas of berries, pine needles and flowers with some hot-stone character. It’s medium-to full-bodied with layers of medium-chewy tannins that melt into the wine at the end.
2019 Larkmead "The Lark" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Jeb Dunnuck
02/2023The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon The Lark continues to show beautifully, with a balanced, graceful, and surprisingly forward style. Based on 100% Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in new barrels, it has lots of savory blackcurrant and raspberry-like fruits as well as a kaleidoscope-like array of dried flowers, vanilla bean, baking chocolate, loamy earth, and leather. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has superb overall balance, ripe, polished tannins, good mid-palate depth, and a great finish. It needs a solid hour in a decanter if drinking any time soon and will certainly evolve for two decades in cold cellars.
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James Suckling
01/2022Plenty of blackberry and blackcurrant with bark, mushroom and some flowers. Full-bodied with pretty density and depth, showing blackberries and dark cherries. Layered tannins. Hints of wood. Try after 2025.
2019 Sine Qua Non "Eleven Confessions Vineyard" Central Coast Syrah
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The Wine Independent
08/2023The 2019 Eleven Confessions Vineyard Syrah is deep garnet-black in color. A mushroom cloud of exotic spices and incense erupts from the glass, leading to a core of plum preserves and blueberry pie, plus suggestions of dark chocolate, black truffles, mossy tree bark, and iron ore. The full-bodied palate is densely packed yet remarkably fresh and bright, delivering a solid backbone of fine-grained tannins, finishing on a lingering ferrous note. I love the juxtaposition between power and vibrancy here! The blend is 82% Syrah, 13.1 % Grenache, and 3.3% Petite Sirah, with splashes of Viognier and Gelber Muskateller (a white grape - Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains), all coming from the Krankls' Eleven Confessions vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills. 13% whole cluster was incorporated into the winemaking. It was aged for 39 months in French oak barrels, 66% new, and bottled in January 2023. (LPB)
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Jeb Dunnuck
08/2023A borderline perfect wine is the 2019 Syrah Eleven Confessions Vineyard, and if there was a version of Guigal's Côte Rôtie La Mouline from California, this would be it. Red and black fruits, flowery incense, iron, cured meats, spice box, and background oak all define this sensational wine, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a layered, ultra-fine mouthfeel, no hard edges, and a great finish. It's already just about impossible to resist yet will benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and evolve for 20-25 years. The blend is 82% Syrah, 13% Grenache, 3% Petite Sirah, and the rest Viognier and Gelber Muskateller, aged 39 months in two-thirds new French oak.
2019 Plumpjack "Estate" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
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Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
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Vinous
10/2021The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a sumptuous, heady wine. It possesses tremendous richness and pure power from the outset. Inky dark fruit, mocha, espresso, leather and licorice infuse the 2019 with notable character. This deep, potent Cabernet delivers the goods, big time. (AG)
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Jeb Dunnuck
02/2023The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate showed brilliantly, with a ripe, sexy, full-bodied profile that’s just about impossible to resist. Deep purple-hued with lots of red, black, and blue fruits, it shows exotic notes of iron, orange blossom, and chocolate with time in the glass. These all carry to a perfectly balanced, layered 2019 with velvety tannins and the richer style of the vintage front and center. (JD)
2019 Barnett "MMV" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Wine Advocate
11/2021Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon MMV (Mountain Meets Valley) sings of freshly crushed blueberries, warm plums and blackcurrant pastilles with hints of cedar chest, lilacs and crushed rocks. Full-bodied, firm, grainy textured and chock-full of bright black fruits, it finishes with great length and loads of earthy accents. (LPB)
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James Suckling
12/2021Aromas of blackberries, blueberries, plums, dried thyme, lavender and cedar. It’s full-bodied with creamy tannins. Round and velvety with a creamy texture. Juicy, sweet fruit to close. Drink or hold.
2019 Realm "Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Int'l Wine Review
11/2022The 2019 Realm Beckstoffer To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon is a total beauty. This outstanding wine delivers on all levels as it begins with striking aromatics of ripe blackberries and blackcurrants, which are laced with spices, violets, graphite shavings, tobacco and crushed gravel all taking shape. The palate is just as impressive, offering a gorgeous full-body that is impeccably structured with beautifully polished tannins and notable tension. Everything works together as it shows incredible purity and freshness all the way through the long expressive finish. While this is already impressive on release, however it will become even more dazzling as it reaches maturity in about a decade. This is an absolute beauty and clearly one of the most captivating wines from this amazing vintage. (JD)
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Wine Advocate
09/2021Composed of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard has a deep garnet-purple color, requiring a little coaxing before it spills out of the glass with fantastically showy blackberry preserves, boysenberries and cassis notes, plus hints of black raspberries, clove oil and potpourri, with a touch of tobacco leaf. The decadent, full-bodied palate sports a firm backbone of ripe, grainy tannins with beautiful freshness. All that generous black fruit melds seamlessly into a very long, mineral-laced finish. (LPB)
2019 Realm "Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Decanter
02/2023A seamless, perfect expression of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Beckstoffer Dr Crane vineyard on the west side of St. Helena. Expressive, intense minerality gives lift to the pure and vibrant aromas of creamy red cherry, blackberry, plum and currant fruits, further elevated by rose petal florals and garrigue scents. Silken fruit provides a graceful entry, and ultra-fine featherweight tannins build with balletic grace and energy. Decadent creamy dark fruit is enveloping and is complemented by a tapestry of blueberry, tobacco flavours, and a long, linear, persistent mineral-rich finish—such a noble expression of this tremendous California site. (JC)
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Jeb Dunnuck
12/2021Pure perfection in a glass, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Dr. Crane Vineyard is all varietal and comes from this remarkable site just outside St. Helena. A wine that offers incredible richness and depth while staying flawlessly balanced and weightless, it offers up a kaleidoscope-like array of blackcurrants, cassis, tobacco leaf, wildflowers, and scorched earth. As seamless and silky as they come, it has perfect tannins, that rare mix of power and elegance, and a monster of a finish. It doesn’t get any better in this reviewer’s opinion.
2019 Scarecrow Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Jeb Dunnuck
03/2022Pure perfection from Napa Valley, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is, as always, all Cabernet Sauvignon from an incredible site in Rutherford that spent 21 months in 70% new French oak. Incredible aromatics of crème de cassis, darker currants, smoke, tobacco, and assorted floral notes all define the bulk of the bouquet, and it’s full-bodied, with a multi-dimensional, layered texture, ultra-fine tannins, and perfect balance. This is such a magical site, and this wine consistently checks in with the greatest wines of the world. It already offers pleasure yet should have 30 years of overall longevity. Hats off to winemaker Celia Welch and the team at Scarecrow.
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Wine Advocate
10/2021Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the deep garnet-purple colored 2019 Scarecrow hits the ground running with bold expressions of crème de cassis, wild blueberries and chocolate-covered cherries plus hints of dried herbs, tilled soil and crushed rocks with a fragrant undercurrent of Indian spices. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is laden with layer upon layer of tightly packed mineral-sparked black fruit flavors, framed by super plush tannins and absolutely seamless freshness, finishing long, long, long. This expression of the venerable J.J. Cohn vineyard—including vines planted in 1945 by John Daniel and dry farmed—is pure magic. (LPB)
2019 Realm "Farella Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Wine Advocate
09/2021Realm took over the management of Farella vineyard in 2018. Since then, winemaker Benoit Touquette explained their focus has been to open out the canopy, creating better exposure for the fruit, aiming to achieve riper tannins. A blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Merlot, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Farella Vineyard has a deep garnet-purple color and a powerful, expressive nose of baked plums, juicy blackberries and blackcurrant pastilles, plus touches of black olives, lavender and cinnamon stick, with a waft of fragrant earth. The full-bodied palate is seriously dense and muscular, featuring a rock-solid foundation of super ripe, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing with epic length and energy. A spectacular showing for Farella! (LPB) 98+
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02/2023From 25 acres of vines shared between Realm and Farella vineyard in Coombsville, this wine lifts out of the glass with alluring blackberry, graphite, fracture slate, and dusty cedarwood. It is full-bodied and full-flavoured, with a deep, penetrating core of black and blue fruit and richness from Merlot that plumps up the mid-palate. A structured centre of supple, building tannins gains volume and intensity through a billowing finish of stark, stony minerals and high-toned baking spices. (JC)
2019 Barnett Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon
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Decanter
06/2022Expressive dark fruit, graphite and cigar box aromas. Pure, rich and fresh palate of ripe blackberries, chalk-like minerality, earth and pops of mint and thyme. Fine-grained tannins and tangy blood orange-like acidity persist to a cocoa-dusted finish. Made by winemaker David Tate, formerly of Ridge Vineyards. (JC)
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Wine Advocate
11/2021Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District bursts with vivacious cassis, wild blueberries and black raspberries scents plus touches of underbrush, pencil lead, violets and espresso. Full-bodied, tightly wound and supported by fine-grained tannins, the palate is beautifully pure, with a long fruity finish. (LPB)
2019 Sine Qua Non "Distenta I" California Syrah (missing capsule)
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Wine Advocate
05/2022The 2019 Syrah Distenta I comes entirely from the Krankls' estate vineyards: 35% from The Third Twin, 33% from Eleven Confessions, 31% from Cumulus and 1% from Molly Aïda. It is a blend of 83.6% Syrah, 6.2% Grenache, 5.2% Petite Sirah, 3% Mourvèdre and 2% white grapes (1.4% Muskat and 0.6% Petit Manseng). Fermented with 33% whole clusters and matured for 23 months in 43% new French oak, it has an opaque purple-black color and takes plenty of time in the glass to reveal a core of cassis and accents of sage, lavender, tar and coffee beans. The full-bodied palate is concentrated and still youthfully coiled. It has a fine, grainy texture, fresh acidity and a long, floral finish. (EB) 98+
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Jeb Dunnuck
08/2022The 2019 Syrah Distenta I is brilliant, and certainly one of the Syrahs of the vintage. Sporting a vivid ruby, almost opaque hue, it offers awesome, textbook Syrah notes of assorted red and blackberry fruits, bacon fat, smoked meat, and an incredible floral character that develops with time in the glass. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it's a more elegant, restrained Sine Qua Non revealing flawless balance, beautiful freshness and elegance, silky tannins, and one heck of a finish. Still a baby that needs a lengthy decant if drinking any time soon (this bottle showed best on the second day, at which point it was drunk), it will benefit from a solid 4-5 years of bottle age and cruise for two decades after that. 98+
2020 Sine Qua Non "Distenta II" California Syrah
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Jeb Dunnuck
08/2023A wine that just about tops out the scale, the 2020 Syrah Distenta II (83% Syrah, 8% Grenache, 4% Mourvèdre, and the balance Petite Sirah and mixed whites) is a more exuberant, spicy, incredibly complex Syrah offering assorted red and black fruits, ground pepper, flowery incense, tobacco, and cured meat nuances in its full-bodied, flawlessly balanced, layered, elegant style. Coming 43% from the Third Twin, 33% Eleven Confessions, 21% Cumulus, and the rest from the Molly Aida vineyards (all of which are estate), it saw slightly less whole clusters compared to the 2021 and spent 23 months in 66% new French oak. Anyone questioning the genius of Manfred Krankl needs to taste this wine.
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The Wine Independent
08/2023The 2020 Syrah Distenta II is a blend of 82.9% Syrah, 7.5% Grenache, 3.9% Mourvedre, 3.4% Petite Sirah, 1.5% Muscat, and 0.8% Petit Manseng. The vineyard sources are The Third Twin (43%), Eleven Confessions (32%), Cumulus (21%), and Molly Aïda (3%)—all estate-owned vineyards. The fermentation included 16% whole clusters, and it was aged for 23 months in 66% new French oak. Gregarious scents of charcoal, lilacs, licorice, and boysenberry preserves swan out of the glass, giving way to hints of wild sage, fragrant earth, and tapenade. The full-bodied palate is bright, pure, and shimmery, delivering a firm frame of fine-grained tannins and bags of freshness, finishing long and minerally. (LPB)
2020 Larkmead Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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92WS
91RP
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
93
James Suckling
09/2022Aromas of hot stone, leather, sliced plums and dried herbs. Full-bodied with silky tannins. Bright acidity helps to bring definition to the well-ripened red and black fruit. Steady, lingering finish. Savory, but remains fresh.
92
Jeb Dunnuck
02/2023The only wine produced by this great estate in the vintage, the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon reveals a deep ruby/plum hue to go with terrific aromatics of ripe black fruits, graphite, iron, and background spicy wood. With tons of minerality on the palate as well as medium to full-bodied richness, it has ripe tannins, plenty of mid-palate depth, and outstanding length. 92+
2020 Sine Qua Non "Distenta II" California Grenache (missing capsule, lightly wrinkled label)
99JD
99TWI
97RP
96VN
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
99
Jeb Dunnuck
08/2023Tasted out of bottle, the 2020 Grenache Distenta II is total blockbuster stuff that's darker and richer than the 2021. Red and black fruits, white pepper, classy leather, and spicy baking chocolate-like nuances all define the aromatics, and it’s deep, full-bodied, and beautifully balanced, with gorgeous tannins and a great finish. The blend is 78% Grenache, 9% Mourvèdre, 8% Syrah, and the rest Petite Sirah (with a splash of Viognier), and it's going to knock your socks off any time over the coming 15+ years.
99
The Wine Independent
08/2023The 2020 Grenache Distenta II is a blend of 77.9% Grenache, 9.4% Mourvedre, 7.9% Syrah, 4.3% Petite Sirah, and 0.5% Viognier. The vineyard sources are Eleven Confessions (40%), Cumulus (33%), The Third Twin (21%), and Molly Aïda (6%)—all estate-owned vineyards. The fermentation included 29.1% of whole clusters. It was aged for around 23 months in French oak barrels of various sizes, 52.1% new. Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, gregarious notes of ripe black plums, blackberry pie, and charcoal jump from the glass, giving way to the perfume of violets, cinnamon toast, and fertile loam with a touch of underbrush. The palate is bold, super-concentrated, full-bodied and impactful, delivering fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and spicy. (LPB)
2021 Sine Qua Non "Distenta III" California Grenache (scuffed label)
98JD
98TWI
98VN
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
98
Jeb Dunnuck
08/2024The 2021 Grenache Distenta III shows the cooler, more elegant style of the vintage, yet it's still 100% Sine Qua Non goodness with its richness and concentration. Beautiful black raspberries, ground pepper, sandalwood, and sappy flower notes are just some of the nuances in this beauty, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a pure, layered, seamless mouthfeel, beautifully polished tannins, and a great, great finish. Give it 2-3 years and enjoy over the following 15+. The 2021 is 79% Grenache, 8.4% Syrah, 7.4% Mourvedre, and the rest Petite Sirah and white varieties, fermented with 35% whole clusters, all aged 23 months in just 42% new barrels.
98
The Wine Independent
09/2024The 2021 Grenache Distenta III is composed of 79% Grenache, 8.4% Syrah, 7.4% Mourvèdre, 3.2% Petite Sirah, 1.6% Petit Manseng, and 0.4% Muscat. It was made using around 34.7% whole clusters, mainly of the Grenache, and was aged for around 23 months in French oak, mostly larger demi-muids barrels, 42.3% new.
It reveals a moderately deep ruby-purple color. Upon smelling—wow! The incredible perfume rockets from the glass: black raspberries, kirsch, black currants, and violets, leading to underlying hints of tar, black truffles, and damp soil. The full-bodied palate delivers a rock-solid structure of firm, finely grained tannins and a refreshing line, perfectly framing the bright, well-defined black and red berry flavors, finishing long and earthy. Simply gorgeous. (LPB)
2021 Barnett "Rattlesnake Hill" Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
2021 Barnett Vineyards Spring Mountain District Petit Verdot
92VN
91TWI
90JD
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
92
Vinous
05/2024The 2021 Petit Verdot is gorgeous. Rich, deep and expressive, but not at all forced, the 2021 offers up scents of black forest berries, graphite, lavender, mocha, tobacco and spice. Firm tannins extend the finish effortlessly. The 2021 offers plenty of varietal character and mountain structure without being overly imposing. (AG)
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The Wine Independent
11/2023Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2021 Petit Verdot needs a bit of swirling and shaking to bring out notes of crushed blackberries and juicy plums followed by hints of tapenade, garrigue, and damp soil with a waft of black peppercorns. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers compelling freshness, with bright, cheery black fruits and soft, well-managed tannins, finishing savory. (LPB)
2021 Realm "Farella Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
98JS
98VN
96JD
96RP
93DC
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
98
James Suckling
07/2024Lots of black currant and lead pencil shaving aromas here. Full-bodied with very fine tannins with a freshness and brightness. Some graphite and magnet shavings, too. Juicy and flavorful. Coombsville magic here. 95% cabernet sauvignon and 5% merlot. (JD)
98
Vinous
12/2023The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Farella Vineyard is positively stellar. Dark fruit, savory herbs, leather, licorice and menthol race out of the glass. Powerful and vertical, with serious intensity, the 2021 is a super-classic Coombsville Cabernet Sauvignon. All the elements are so well balanced. Graphite, incense and a whole range of mineral/savory tones linger on the brooding finish. Specifically, the tannins are incredibly refined—quite an achievement for this site. A dollop of Merlot likely contributes to that. (AG)
2021 Realm "Nine Suns" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend
97JD
97TWI
95VN
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
97
Jeb Dunnuck
12/2023The 2021 Nine Suns comes from a vineyard on Pritchard Hill and checks in as 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Merlot that was brought up mostly in new barrels. It has a gorgeous nose of red and black fruits, fresh flowers, espresso, graphite, and hints of crushed stones that carries to a medium to full-bodied, pure focused, structured red with plenty of tannins, gorgeous purity, and a great finish. (JD) 97+
97
The Wine Independent
02/2024The 2021 Nine Suns is composed of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Merlot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it storms out of the glass with powerful notes of baked plums, boysenberry preserves, and creme de cassis followed by suggestions of tar, wet slate, unsmoked cigars, and tapenade. The full-bodied palate is packed with concentrated black fruit and earthy flavors, supported by firm, grainy tannins and just enough freshness, finishing long with a peppery lift. This Nine Suns label, named after the former winery, is a one-time wine made only in 2021, following the Realm purchase of the Nine Suns Winery and the surrounding Houyi Vineyard in 2022. The former winemaking consultant, Philippe Melka, made the wine and the Realm team blended and bottled it. “Our first instinct was to blend it in with our Houyi Vineyard wine,” said owner Scott Becker. “But this constructed so differently. We wanted to honor what Philippe did. So, this is a one-off label.” Only 500 cases were made, and the fruit is all off the Houyi vineyard. (LPB)
2021 Realm "Hartwell XX" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
100JD
99JS
99RP
98TWP
98VN
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
100
Jeb Dunnuck
12/2023The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Hartwell XX is another perfect wine in this lineup. From vines around the estate in Stags Leap, its saturated purple hue is followed by a deep, majestic, massively concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon offering incredible purity and depth in its blackcurrant, Griotte cherry, loamy earth, and dried flower-like aromas and flavors. With full-bodied richness, loads of glycerin, sweet tannins, a stacked mid-palate, and a blockbuster of a finish, this killer effort should drink well for 25-30 years.
99
James Suckling
11/2023Amazing aromas of blackcurrant, orange peel and earth. Fresh mushroom. Medium- to full-bodied with great density and seamless tannins. Creamy texture with a savory and fresh finish. Earthy. Original planting of the Bosche clone and planted in 1986. Only 1.5 acres. 150 cases.
2021 Realm "Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
100JD
100TWI
98JS
96VN
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
100
Jeb Dunnuck
12/2023The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard is straight-up awesome, and the talents of winemaker Benoit Touquette cannot be overstated. Incredible blue fruits, dark chocolate, graphite, Haut-Brion-like scorched earth and smoke all soar from this majestic, full-bodied, massively concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon. It reminds me of the 2013 and has that rare mix of power, opulence, and elegance. This utterly classic Dr. Crane deserves 4-5 years of bottle age and will blow you away over the following 20 years. Even after tasting 8 to 12 thousand wines for close to 15 years now, this beauty still stopped me in my tracks.
100
The Wine Independent
02/2024The 2021 Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard, with 5% Petit Verdot in the blend, is deep garnet-purple in color. Quite closed to start off, it requires a lot of shaking to wake up notes of blackcurrant pastilles, juicy blackberries, and fresh plums plus suggestions of crushed rocks, candied violets, dark chocolate, and licorice with a touch of iron ore. The full-bodied palate delivers a firm, fine-grained texture and seamless freshness supporting the taut, muscular black fruits, finishing with a firework display of mineral, floral and chocolaty notes. (LPB)
2021 Realm "The Absurd" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend
100JD
98VN
95JS
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
100
Jeb Dunnuck
12/2023The flagship 2021 The Absurd from this team (the blend is never specified) is another absolute monument of a wine from Realm. Incredible blue fruits, redcurrants, liquid violets, dark chocolate, and scorched earth all emerge on the nose, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a seamless, flawlessly balanced mouthfeel, beautiful tannins, and the purity, focus, and elegance paired with incredible levels of concentration that define the greatest wines of the 2021 vintage. Do your best to hide bottles for 4-5 years if you can, and it should hit prime time in 2030 or so and keep for over two decades.
98
Vinous
12/2023The 2021 The Absurd is dense, plush and resonant, but also super-refined. Dark red cherry/plum fruit, rose petals, cinnamon and dried flowers all open in the glass, with silky, polished tannins that wrap it all together. This is an especially finessed version of Realm's flagship wine. (AG) 98+
2021 Realm "The Moonracer" Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon
97JS
97RP
97VN
96TWI
95IWR
95JD
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
97
James Suckling
12/2023This is very expressive with pine needles, pine cones, blackcurrants, forest floor, and ink pot. Full-bodied and chewy with firm and structured tannins. Mineral with an almost chalky character that comes through clearly. Dry tension at the end that keeps your palate refreshed.
97
Wine Advocate
06/2025A strong effort, Realm's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Moonracer is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, coming from a mix of older vines and newer plantings. Mixed red and black cherries appear on the nose, accented by hints of cedar and spice, while the medium- to full-bodied palate brings a suave, suede-like feel—that famous Stags Leap District texture. Ending long and harmonious, this is just a wonderful effort. (JC)
2021 Barnett Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon
91RP
90JS
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
91
Wine Advocate
01/2024Consumers take note: Barnett's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District is more complex and structured than the MMV bottling yet also less expensive. Sage and bay leaf join black cherries and a hint of vanilla on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is soft and easy drinking but with decent backbone and length and plentiful soft, dusty tannins on the finish. The blend includes 12% Petite Verdot. (JC)
90
James Suckling
11/2023A firm red with berries, dried herbs and some warm spices on the nose. Medium to full body with firm tannins. A little short on the finish. Drink now.
2021 Sine Qua Non "Distenta III" California Syrah
98-100RP
100TWI
98VN
97JD
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
98-
100
Wine Advocate
08/2023I tasted the 2021 Syrah Distenta III as a precise blend from barrel on July 6—it's due to be bottled in August. It comes from three estate vineyards: The Third Twin (51%), Cumulus (26%) and 23% Eleven Confessions (23%). The Syrah is blended with 11.3% Grenache, 3.3% Mourvèdre, 2.1% Petite Sirah, 0.9% Petit Manseng and 0.7% Muscat and was vinified using 21% whole clusters. It matured around 23 months in 53% new French oak, 43% one- to three-year-old barrels and 4% concrete. Opaque ruby-purple in the glass, the Distenta III's aromatic complexity requires plenty of patience, as a singular truffle, earth and coffee bean character gives way to electric streaks of crème de violette, blueberry liqueur and peppermint patty. The palate is medium to full-bodied and exceptionally light on its feet. It glides silkily through the mouth with fireworks of freshness, and its floral fruit is tempered by graphite tones. (EB)
100
The Wine Independent
09/2024The 2021 Syrah Distenta III is sourced from The Third Twin (51%), Cumulus (26%), and Eleven Confessions (23%) vineyards. The blend is 81.7% Syrah with 11.3% Grenache, 3.3% Mourvedre, 2.1% Petite Sirah, 0.9% Petit Manseng, and 0.7% Muscat. It was made using 21% whole clusters and then aged around 23 months in 53% new French oak, 43.1% one- to three-year-old barrels, and 3.9% concrete. Deep purple-black colored, it needs some coaxing and swirling before the nose erupts with a mushroom cloud of blackberry preserves, kirsch, and red roses scents, giving way to hints of bacon fat, tar, and espresso, plus a touch of wild sage. Full-bodied, the palate is incredibly bright and vibrant with beautifully defined black and red fruit flavor layers, supported by very fine-grained tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and shimmery. Stunning. (LPB)
2021 Realm "Houyi Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
98DC
98TWI
97JD
97JS
97VN
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
98
Decanter
02/2023Alluring bay laurel and bay scrub aromas complement the supple dark black fruit and toasty oak spices with hints of crème de cassis and violets. Full-bodied with building tannins that are precise and chiselled, balanced by a chalky mineral mid-palate. The lengthy finish reveals notes of Mexican mocha, resolving with a welcome spicy nuance. From Houyi Vineyard, a 22-acre estate parcel planted atop Napa Valley’s Pritchard Hill, this property was acquired by Realm from the Chang family in 2022. (JC)
98
The Wine Independent
02/2024The 2021 Houyi Vineyard, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, is deep garnet-purple in color. It comes barreling out with powerful notes of blackcurrant jelly, stewed plums, and fruitcake followed by hints of charcoal, wild sage, mossy tree bark, and black olives. The full-bodied palate delivers a rock-solid frame of firm, grainy tannins and plenty of freshness to support the densely packed black fruits, finishing long and earthy. (LPB)
2021 Scarecrow Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
100JD
98RP
98VN
97WS
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
100
Jeb Dunnuck
12/2023Moving to the Grand Vin 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon, red wine simply doesn't get any better, and I never cease to be amazed at what winemaker Celia Welch accomplishes with this incredible terroir. Deep ruby/plum-hued, with a kaleidoscope-like array of cr me de cassis, jammy blackberries, spicy oak, graphite, and smoked tobacco, with a kiss of background chocolaty nuances, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a multi-dimensional, layered mouthfeel, ultra-fine tannins, and a flawlessly layered, concentrated, balanced profile that has to be tasted to be believed. Given its wealth of fruit and texture, as well as purity and balance, it already offers pleasure, yet smart money will give bottles 4-6 years in the cellar, count themselves lucky, and enjoy bottles over the following two decades.
98
Wine Advocate
01/2024The 2021 Scarecrow is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from a vineyard on the western edge of Rutherford, nestled back against the Mayacamas range. Boasting a fabulous nose of deep, dark, black cherries and earthy-spicy notes accented by a touch of mocha-like oak, this full-bodied wine is ripe, rich and velvety. There's ample density and concentration, but the wine still retains a sense of freshness on the long, elegant finish. (JC) 98+
2022 Realm "The Bard" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend
96JS
95DC
95JD
95TWP
94VN
93RP
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
96
James Suckling
07/2025Very focused, pure and well balanced, showing great poise and freshness for a full-bodied Napa red. This cabernet sauvignon-dominant blend is bold and packed with dark fruit, toasted oak and dark spices. Black cherries, dried blueberries, blackberries, black pepper and chocolate mint. Well concentrated and delicious. (JG)
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Decanter
02/2025A blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Petite Sirah, and 1% Charbono, sourced from top vineyard sites, including Bourn for Petite Sirah, Tofanelli for Charbono, and selections from Upper Range, Moon Racer, Blair (Calistoga), and Farella. This wine delivers Realm's rich, dark fruit signature, with excellent density and concentration, building on the full-bodied palate. Suave, well-integrated tannins frame notes of tobacco and liquid graphite, driving a long, mineral-laced finish. Crunchy dark berry fruit and wild sweet herbs add complexity, promising further refinement with age — a cellar-worthy wine in this vintage. (JC)
2022 Realm "Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
99TWP
96JD
96RP
95DC
95VN
Quantity:2Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
99
The Wine Palate
09/2025The 2022 Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon was one of Realm’s first harvests that year, coming in just before the early September heat hit. The blend is 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it shoots from the glass with bold notes of fresh blackberries and blackcurrants, plus hints of crushed rocks, dried sage, and fragrant earth. The medium to full-bodied palate is electric with black fruit and mineral layers, supported by firm, grainy tannins and incredible tension, finishing long and earthy. This is on the crunchier side of Dr. Crane fruit, and I love it! (LPB)
96
Jeb Dunnuck
01/2025Another wine showing a fresher, juicy style, the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard comes from unquestionably one of the finest vineyards in Napa Valley. This deep purple-hued effort offers a lively nose of ripe plums, chocolate, violets, and graphite, and it's medium to full-bodied on the palate with fine, nicely integrated tannins, terrific overall balance, and outstanding length. It's a touch more reserved compared to the To Kalon, so give bottles a few years. It should evolve gracefully through at least 2037.
2022 Realm "Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
97JD
97TWP
95DC
95RP
92VN
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
97
Jeb Dunnuck
01/2025I love the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, which might be the finest 2022 from this estate. Darker berries, red plums, tobacco, incense, and chocolaty nuances all shine here, and this beauty is full-bodied, has a rich, layered mouthfeel, sweet, velvety tannins, and a great finish. It shows the early pick dates with its fresher, vibrant style yet still brings beautiful depth, richness, and concentration. It will keep for 15+ years. 97+
97
The Wine Palate
09/2025The 2022 Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is composed of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple colored, it prances out of the glass with showy scents of violets, dark chocolate, juicy blueberries, and kirsch, leading to hints of menthol, cedar chest, and Chinese five spice. The medium to full-bodied palate offers layers of exotic spices and earthy nuances, supported by firm, lightly chewy tannins and plenty of freshness, finishing with epic length. That classic To Kalon power really comes through on the finish! (LPB)
2022 Realm "Farella Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
98JS
97TWI
96VN
95DC
95JD
94RP
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
98
James Suckling
07/2025Wow, really delicious, deep and well balanced. Such richness in fruit, with fine-grained tannins adding energy along with good acidity for freshness. Minerals, black cherries, blackcurrants, bay leaves and dark chocolate. Elegant, velvety, focused and well built for further aging. Drinkable now, but best from 2030. (JG)
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The Wine Independent
09/2024The 2022 Farella Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot, sporting a deep garnet-purple color. After a bit of shaking, the nose erupts with vibrant wild blueberry and fresh blackberry scents, soon opening out to classic cassis, pencil lead, and bay leaves notes with a touch of tree bark. The full-bodied palate is tightly wound with muscular black fruits and firm, grainy tannins, finishing long with lots of earthy nuances coming through. Clearly, Farella managed this challenging vintage very well. Impressive! (LPB)
2022 Realm "The Absurd" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend
98RP
97JD
97TWP
95DC
94VN
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
98
Wine Advocate
06/2025A barrel selection, Realm's 2022 The Absurd boasts compelling aromas of black cherries and red raspberries. It exhibits unusual brightness and lift, while still being full-bodied and richly textured. Sure, it's slightly open-knit, but it's intense, vibrant and characterful, with delicate shadings of violets, stone fruit and spice on the lingering finish. (JC)
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Jeb Dunnuck
01/2025As always, the blend of the 2022 The Absurd isn't released, but it's nevertheless a selection of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon from all the sites this team works with. It's in the running for the wine of the vintage and has a deep, saturated purple hue as well as brilliant aromatics of darker currants, plums, smoke tobacco, violets, and incense, and it picks up a lively sense of minerality with time in the glass. Full-bodied, nicely concentrated, with ample mid-palate depth and ripe tannins, it's a rock solid, sure bet of a 2022 that will evolve gracefully for two decades.
2023 Realm "Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
100TWP
99DC
98JD
98VN
Quantity:2Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
100
The Wine Palate
03/2026The 2023 Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is composed of 99% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple colored, after a little swirling, the nose erupts with a powerful perfume of cassis, violets, and juicy blackberries, giving way to underlying Chinese five spice, dusty soil, and garrigue hints. Full-bodied, the palate is classic To Kalon—rich and structured with firm yet velvety tannins and bags of freshness, finishing long and ferrous. Gorgeous!
99
Decanter
03/2026From the Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, sourced from blocks near Highway 29, toward the back of the site, closer to the Mayacamas. One-third aged in concrete, and the remaining is aged 20 months in 70% new French oak. This site's characteristic loamy earth and black fruit is evident from the first sniff to the last sip, leading with beautifully fragrant dark berry fruit, ironstone mineral character, and mineral-accented tannins, with excellent mid-palate density and weight, while remaining incredibly light, energetic, and almost bouant. Finishing quote long with great mineral richness and loamy earth intensity. Really a very beautifully built wine capable of long-term cellaring.
2023 Realm "Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
100TWP
99JD
97VN
Quantity:2Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
100
The Wine Palate
03/2026The 2023 Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple colored, it is quite closed at this youthful stage, eventually unfurling to offer glimpses of crème de cassis, blueberry compote, and dark chocolate, leading to touches of lilacs, Provence herbs, crushed rocks, and underbrush. The concentrated, full-bodied palate is densely laden with black fruit preserves and perfumed floral and earth accents, supported by super-firm, grainy tannins and a lively line, finishing very long and decadent. Classic Crane.
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Jeb Dunnuck
03/2026Based on 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and aged 19 months in 75% new French oak, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard offers smoky blackcurrants, tobacco, gravelly earth, liquid violets, and freshly sharpened pencil. It's full-bodied, with a concentrated, layered, multi-dimensional mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. I always find a certain Pessac/Graves-like character from this site (I've often compared this wine to Haut-Brion), and the 2023 has it in spades. This brilliant, sensationally complex, layered, and virtually perfect wine will keep for 30+ years. Drink 2029-2055.
2023 Realm "Farella Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
98JD
97VN
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
98
Jeb Dunnuck
12/2025Coming from a site in the cooler Coombsville appellation in the southern part of the valley and aged 20 months in 85% new French oak, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Farella Vineyard is incredibly floral and perfumed, with a red, blue, and black fruit core supported by spring flowers, violets, peppery herbs, and sappy tobacco. It's medium to full-bodied, with a pure, layered, focused mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. The balance, purity, and elegance here are world class. 98+
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Vinous
11/2025The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Farella Vineyard is a potent, tightly wound wine, not surprising for a cooler site in a cold, late-ripening year. Blackberry, mocha, espresso, licorice, gravel and dried herbs build through the powerful mid-palate and huge finish as the 2023 gradually opens in the glass. In this vintage, the large-grained tannins are pretty imposing. The Farella has a lot of potential for readers who can be patient. This is an especially somber edition for the Farella, which is also the most backward wine in the Realm range. (AG)
2023 Realm "Houyi Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
99JD
98TWP
97VN
95DC
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
99
Jeb Dunnuck
12/2025The second vintage since they've taken over the farming at this property on Pritchard Hill, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Houyi Vineyard is based on 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc and aged 19 months in 63% new French oak. Killer aromatics of blackcurrants, blueberries, melted crayon/graphite, violets, and scorched earth define the nose, and it's incredibly well-balanced and medium to full-bodied, with ripe, polished tannins and a great finish. Another seamless, pure, ultra-classic Cabernet Sauvignon that deserves 5-7 years of bottle age, it will be incredibly long lived. Drink 2030-2050. (Drink between 2030-2050) (JD)
98
The Wine Palate
03/2026The 2023 Houyi Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Merlot. Deep garnet-purple colored, notes of blueberry pie and plum preserves erupt from the glass, plus nuances of black pepper, anise, tapenade, and mossy tree bark, with a fragrant waft of sandalwood. The full-bodied palate delivers impactful black fruit preserves layers with a firm, grainy texture and plenty of freshness, finishing long and perfumed. Gorgeous!
2023 Realm "The Tempest" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend
96JD
95TWP
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
96
Jeb Dunnuck
03/2026Based on 61% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Sirah and aged 11 months in 72% new French oak, the 2023 The Tempest was bottled in January 2025. It offers beautifully textured and upfront black cherries, chocolaty herbs, tobacco, and gravelly earth. Medium to full-bodied, it has integrated acidity, sweet tannins, and a great finish. This pure, layered Merlot has tons to love and will evolve for two decades. Drink 2025-2045.
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The Wine Palate
03/2026The 2023 The Tempest is a blend of 61% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 24% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3% Petite Sirah. Deep garnet-purple colored, it sails out of the glass with energetic notes of wild blueberries and black raspberries, giving way to an undercurrent of lavender, dark chocolate, cedar chest, and star anise. The full-bodied palate delivers nice bright black and blue fruit layers with lots of spicy sparks and a velvety texture, finishing long and satisfyingly opulent.
2023 Realm "The Moonracer" Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon
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Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 ml
Reviews
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Jeb Dunnuck
12/2025Aged 20 months in 80% new French oak, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Moonracer offers killer aromatics of darker currants, smoky tobacco, chocolate, and lead pencil that give this an almost Mouton Rothschild-like style. It's medium to full-bodied with a concentrated, layered mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and integrated acidity. Very much in the fresher, yet structured style of the vintage, it will benefit from 4-6 years of bottle age and keep for 30 years or more. 98+
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Decanter
03/2026From Realm's estate Moonracer Vineyard in Stags Leap District. Fermented in stainless steel and aged 20 months in 80% new French oak. Beautiful savoury aromas of licorice, scorched earth and violets, with a hint of tobacco, all infuse the rich blackberry fruit that lifts out of the glass. On the palate, that wine is quite expressive, offering up a panoply of darkberry fruit that is juicy and succulent, framed by super fine, powdery tannins with building intensity on the lengthy, mineral-scented finish. (JC)
SKU: 2031819
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