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2019 Realm The Falstaff Red

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March 24, 2024 - $140

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RATINGS

97The Wine Advocate

...vibrant cassis, redcurrant jelly and black raspberries, plus suggestions of pencil shavings, red roses and dusty soil with a waft of clove oil. Full-bodied, the palate delivers a very firm, yet fantastically ripe backbone of grainy tannins and an exhilarating breath of freshness to support the generously fruited mid-palate, carrying the red and black fruit layers to a long, mineral-sparked finish.

97Vinous / IWC

...core of red/purplish berry fruit, while bright saline notes give the wine its sense of proportion. All the elements are so impeccably balanced. Mocha, rose petal, spice and crushed rocks build into the sculpted finish. What a wine!

96James Suckling

Purity of fruit with blackberry, black-cherry and orange-peel character. Medium to full body with fine, polished tannins.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,