Realm Cabernet Sauvignon Levensohn Vineyard Napa Valley 2018
Winemaker Notes:
As far as growers are concerned, we’ve been exceedingly lucky at Realm Cellars. For the most part our relationships have been long and solid, even when we were just starting out and had difficulty paying our bills on time. But not all relationships last forever, which brings us to the story of Levensohn.
We started farming Levensohn Vineyard in 2016, when its former owner, Pascal Levensohn, brought Benoit in to make the wine for his Levensohn Vineyard brand. Pascal had purchased the property in 2000. Located in west St. Helena, the vineyard is at the center of a triangle that includes Beckstoffer Bourn, Dr. Crane and Las Piedras. We’ve long been attracted to this small area of the St. Helena AVA; its warm climate and abundant sunlight is tempered by brisk, cool evenings, allowing grapes to ripen gradually without sugars getting ahead of flavor. For several years Pascal and his wife, Melanie, made small amounts of wine for themselves, but as the vineyard showed its potential, the Levensohns established their own small brand. The wines commanded respect from critics, garnering scores in the mid-90s.
In 2016, to increase quality even further, Pascal brought in Realm to do the farming and Benoit to make the Levensohn wines. The fruit Benoit didn’t use in Levensohn, we would take. We were excited at the vineyard’s potential and to have another foothold in west St. Helena. But the arrangement didn’t quite work as planned. Though we farmed the vineyard for four years, because of fires and smoke taint we only produced wine in two. And in 2020, Pascal sold his vineyard, having retired his brand earlier in the year. The new owners are taking the vineyard in a different direction, and we wish them well.
Realm will release two Single Vineyard Cabernets from Levensohn from the 2018 and 2019 vintages. Each yielded approximately 200 cases. The vineyard was here and then gone, a fleeting moment in an otherwise long journey for Realm. We’re grateful for the experience, as we learned much from farming this site. We’ll keep our eyes out for another vineyard in west St. Helena, but maybe next time we’ll buy it.
All alcoholic beverages are sold in California and the title passes to you in California. The buyer is solely responsible for the shipment of alcoholic beverage products. When an order is placed the buyer is authorizing Boutellier Wines to act on their behalf to engage with a common carrier to deliver the order. We make no representation relative to your right to import wine into your state. The buyer is responsible for the shipment of alcoholic products purchased and determining the legality and consequences of having spirits or wine shipped to them.
How do we ship?
We ship all our packages using FedEx and other approved carriers with an adult signature requirement (individual aged 21 years or older) at the time of delivery.
Where should you have your package delivered?
Shipping can take place to your home, office, or work. We recommend shipping to a location where an adult will be present during normal package delivery hours to fulfill the adult signature requirement. The courier will make a minimum of 3 delivery attempts and if those attempts are unsuccessful the package will be returned to sender. In the event a package is returned to sender due to an unsuccessful delivery a refund will be issued for the product, but courier fees are nonrefundable. Shipment to PO Boxes are prohibited.
Are deliveries tracked?
Once an order is fulfilled a tracking number will be issued and emailed to the email captured at the time of order placement.
When are packages shipped?
Orders are fulfilled daily, however, we do not fulfill orders on holidays, Saturdays or Sundays. Orders placed over the weekend are subject to delivery the following business day. Packages may be held at our discretion if the contents are sensitive, and the order timing jeopardizes the safety of the parcel and its contents.
What if the shipping address needs to change?
Due to the nature of our fulfillment process changes in address are difficult to accommodate. If a change of shipping address needs to be made contact us at info@boutellierwines.com.
You may also like
More from Boutellier Wines
More from Wines by Winery
Recently viewed