Realm Moonracer 2015 - Station Plaza Wine
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Realm Moonracer 2015
SKU: 08191

Realm Moonracer 2015

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750ml
$409.00
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Category Red Wine
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Region California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Brand Realm
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The Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine is composed of the finest lots from the vineyard. Winemaker Benoit Touquette has a lot to choose from, as the site, with its multiple blocks, elevations, facings and diverse soils, has character in spades. Moonracer bears the unmistakable mark of this stimulating vineyard, as well as the Stags Leap District. Strong, powerful, yet elegant, with refined tannins and plenty of depth. What Benoit calls "intellectual." "It's a wine that will appeal to both international and American palates. It walks the line, combining characteristics typical of northern and southern Napa Valley. It's got plenty of fruit but also layered flavors, depth and complexity."
Jeb Dunnuck
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Lastly, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Moonracer checks in as 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% each of Cabernet Franc and Merlot, and the balance Petit Verdot. This full-bodied, sexy, expansive beauty boasts a deep purple color to go with perfumed notes of blueberries, spring flowers, violets, and spices. With a terrific floral character, fine tannin, beautiful purity of fruit and an already impossible to resist personality, drink it anytime over the coming 20+ years.

Wine Advocate
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Blended of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon The Estate-Moonracer features compelling red and black currant notes laced with sandalwood, cinnamon stick, cedar chest, cigar boxes, dried leaves and dusty soil. The muscular, medium to full-bodied palate fills the mouth with lively red and black fruit layers, framed by wonderfully fine, pixelated tannins, finishing long and spicy.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown, October 31, 2017