2014 The Tempest Proprietary Red
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The 2014 The Tempest, Realm's Merlot-based blend, is a fine choice for drinking now and over the next five to ten years. Ripe dark cherry, plum, chocolate and licorice are front and center. The Tempest shows the riper style that Realm favored in their earlier days
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Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Wonderful aromas of blackberries, blueberries, tar and walnuts. Full-bodied yet tight and focused with lots of polished tannins. Extremely well-crafted wine. Sexy. Black velvet. Better in 2020.
The 2014 The Tempest, a blend of 62% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot is a 500-case cuvee aged in about 65% new Taransaud and Darnajou French oak cooperage. A beautiful nose of cedar wood, chocolate, spice box, forest floor and black and red fruits jumps from the glass of this dense, opulent, voluptuously textured and full-bodied wine with terrific purity, can be drunk now, or cellared for up to another 15 or more years.
The 2014 The Tempest, a blend of 62% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot is a 500-case cuvée aged in about 65% new Taransaud and Darnajou French oak cooperage. A beautiful nose of cedar wood, chocolate, spice box, forest floor and black and red fruits jumps from the glass of this dense, opulent, voluptuously textured and full-bodied wine with terrific purity, can be drunk now, or cellared for up to another 15 or more years.
About the producer
Realm Cellars has become one of Napa Valley’s most compelling modern estates, known for site-driven Cabernet Sauvignon. Drawing from some of the valley’s most sought-after vineyards, Realm’s wines consistently earn top critical acclaim while remaining firmly rooted in place.