REALM CELLARS - 2018 VINTAGE

INTERVIEW AND TASTINGListen to international wine critic and Masterclass.com Instructor James Suckling chat to Scott Becker and Benoit Touquette, owner and winemaker at Realm Cellars. They tasted a selection of their wines and talked about the 2018s. Despite the challenges of the vintage with large crops, they still made terrific wines.  Scroll down for the list of wines.Benoit said they have a rigorous vineyard management program, which resulted in a solid harvest of excellent quality grapes in 2018. It showed in the wines. James was impressed with all the cabernet sauvignon blends as well as the merlot and cabernet franc. His favorite was the Realm Cellars Napa Valley Stags Leap District Moonracer 2018. It’s a stunning red with superb complexity on both the nose and palate.Listen to the full podcast to hear the conversation and find out what they thought of the wines.Read the full Napa report here: NEW NAPA VALLEY WINES HIGHLIGHT HARMONY AND REFINEMENT WITH 2018 VINTAGE (1,093 WINES RATED)THE WINES TASTED:Realm Cellars Napa Valley Stags Leap District Moonracer 2018Realm Cellars Napa Valley Falstaff 2018Realm Cellars Napa Valley The Tempest 2018Realm Cellars Napa Valley St. Helena Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard 2018Realm Cellars Cabernet Franc Napa Valley Oakville Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard 2018Realm Cellars Napa Valley The Bard 2018Realm Cellars Napa Valley Oakville Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard 2018Realm Cellars Napa Valley Beckstoffer Bourn 2018Realm Cellars Napa Valley Stags Leap District Hartwell Grace 2018Realm Cellars Napa Valley Houyi Vineyard 2018Realm Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Coombsville Farella Vineyard 2018