Realm Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc The Bard Riverbound Edition 2024 CS20230804 with a commitment to minimal

with a commitment to minimal intervention

gripping tannins frame layers of black cherry and blueberry with a white pepper spice lingering on the finish

Released four years after harvest

Fermented in stainless steel and aged on the lees before release

It drinks beautifully now with an hour of air and will reward five to ten years in the cellar

Realm Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc The Bard Riverbound Edition 2024 CS20230804 with a commitment to minimalRealm is best known as one of Napa's serious cult Cabernet houses, so it says something that they put this much care into a Sauvignon Blanc. The Bard is their white program, and the Riverbound Edition is a special bottling drawn from Tom Gamble's Riverbound vineyard, a site tucked between the Napa River and Conn Creek where fog lingers later into the morning than on neighboring parcels. The 2024 was fermented and aged in a mix of neutral foudre,