Realm Cellars The Bard Proprietary Blend, Napa Valley, California, USA 2021

Description

Jeb Dunnuck 98

"Lastly, the 2021 The Bard checks in as 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot and Petite Sirah. This beauty has a killer bouquet of cassis, spring flowers, graphite, chalky minerality, and violets. This carries to a full-bodied, seamless, silky, flawlessly balanced effort revealing fine tannins, a good sense of freshness, and a thrilling finish

Realm's "The Bard" is the self described "flagship" wine of the estate. It has been made since 2003 and is always a blend in the Bordeaux style with a majority Cabernet Sauvignon. It's complexity is a testament to winemaker Benoit Touquette's skill at blending multiple outstanding sources together. Beckstoffer To Kalon, Beckstoffer Bourn, Blair, Houyi, Larkmead, Realm SLD Estate, Farella, Orchard and Bettinelli Upper Range are all sources for the Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petite Sirah, and Petit Verdot.