Walkaround tasting with Napa disruptor Realm Cellars – Wednesday 1st October

In a region not known for a lack of ambition, Realm Cellars is arguably the most ambitious winery in Napa Valley today.

Founded on a negociant model in 2002, it spared no expense in buying grapes from some of Napa’s top sites, among them To Kalon in Oakville, Beckstoffer Dr. Crane in St. Helena, and Farella Vineyard in Coombsville, to make wines whose lavish vinification soon found favour among the influential US critics of the time.

It was in 2009, under the auspices of Michel Rolland protegé Benoit Touquette, who had previously made wine at Napa standouts Dalla Valle, Ovid and Screaming Eagle, that the winemaking became more refined. Then, in 2012, Realm set out on its second act, as Touquette joined up with new co-owner Scott Becker, formerly of Cakebread Cellars and Harlan’s Promontory.

Today, as well as making wines from its original sources, Realm also farms 75 acres of its own vineyards across some of Napa’s most notable regions, including Stags Leap District, Pritchard Hill and Coombsville. These yield an increasingly acclaimed range of estate wines, single-vineyard cuvées and proprietary blends whose focus on site over style have made them a staple of US collectors’ cellars.

Now, Realm has its sights set on the UK market. We are delighted to welcome owner Scott Becker to host a comprehensive introduction to Realm, via an informal tasting of the complete 2023 range, as well as an older vintage of The Bard, and the 2024 release of its Sauvignon Blanc.

A must for devotees of Napa – and of nuanced, site-specific Cabernet in general.

The wines we’ll be tasting:
2024 Sauvignon Blanc, Fidelio, Realm Cellars, Napa Valley
2023 Merlot, The Tempest, Realm Cellars, Napa Valley
2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, The Bard, Realm Cellars, Napa Valley
2013 Cabernet Sauvignon, The Bard, Realm Cellars, Napa Valley
2023 Moonracer, (Bordeaux blend), Realm Cellars, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley
2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, Hartwell XX, Realm Cellars, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley
2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, Farella, Realm Cellars, Coombsville, Napa Valley
2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, Houyi, Realm Cellars, Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley
2023 Cabernet Franc, Heavenly Questions, Realm Cellars, Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley
2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, Beckstoffer To Kalon, Realm Cellars, Oakville, Napa Valley
2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, Beckstoffer Dr. Crane, Realm Cellars, St Helena, Napa Valley

Wednesday 1st October
Lutyens Room
18:30 – 19:30 – First session
19:30 – 20:30 – Second session
£65 per person

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