Sauvignon Blanc "The Bard Riverbound Edition", Realm Cellars, Napa Valley, CA, 2023

We've been sourcing fruit from Tom Gamble for several years. Over a long lunch in Yountville last winter, we convinced him to let us bottle the wine from his fruit separately. This wine comes from the Preston 23 clone in the Cook block and the Musque clone from the Confluence block. Various lots spent time in neutral oak foudres, concrete eggs and stainless steel and were blended together for the final bottling.
The name Riverbound is a refence to the vineyard being surrounded on its west side by the Napa River and its east side by Conn Creek. These water bodies combine to retain fog during the growing season for longer hours compared to neighboring vineyards.