🏷️ Lot Overview
Region: Napa Valley (Atlas Peak & Atlas Bench)
Vintage: 2023
Blend: 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petite Verdot, 5% Malbec
Chat GPT Original Source Guess: AXR Napa Valley
Wine Berserkers Guess: Krupp Brothers Verasion Cabernet
Alcohol: 15.0%
Oak Aging: ~85% New French Oak
Cam Price: $12.50 ($149/case)
Retail Estimate: $135
Drink Window: Late 2025–2040
🍷 Cameron’s Release Notes
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RUN, DON’T WALK TO THE BUY LINE FOLKS!
Lot 17 is our best offer yet: world-class Napa Valley Cabernet for just $149/case delivered.
From the same producer as Lot 10, this blend features a powerhouse combo of Atlas Bench estate fruit and fruit from the “vineyard that must not be named” on Atlas Peak. Aged for 19 months in 85% new French oak, it normally sells for north of $130 per bottle—and has earned consistent 93–94pt scores from Parker and Dunnuck.
This is a 24-hour flash sale, and Cam says he’s pricing it lower than he should to thin the herd and return the love to his buyers.
Super sexy Cabernet with beautiful aromatics, vibrant energy, and perfect oak integration. Rich yet refined, bold yet polished—a “yin and yang” masterpiece you won’t want to miss.
Tasting Notes
This is the classic “iron fist in a velvet glove” Cabernet—muscular and rich, but refined and vibrant.
Inky and opaque in the glass with a gorgeous bouquet of cassis, blackberry, spring flowers, milk chocolate, seasoned oak, and black earth. With air, it layers in olallieberry, graham cracker, and pie spice.
Fleshy on entry with juicy structure and silk-grained tannins. More elegant than Lot 10, but still substantial and long on finish. Red and black fruits ripple over mineral-laced tannins in a seamless, energetic arc. This wine is already showing well, but will age beautifully over the next 15–20 years.
90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petite Verdot, 5% Malbec
Atlas Peak & Atlas Bench
~85% new French oak
15.0% alc.
~750 cases
Bottled June 27, 2025
🧠ChatGPT says:
🔍 Source Guess: Realm Cellars
🎯 Rationale:
Cam explicitly states that Lot 17 is from the same producer as Lot 10, which we’ve identified as Realm Cellars based on vineyard sourcing, winemaking style, and price tier.
The fruit is again from the “vineyard that must not be named” on Atlas Peak (Stagecoach) and the Atlas Bench — matching Realm’s sourcing footprint and blending practices.
Aged in 85% new French oak and featuring a 93–94 point pedigree across previous vintages, this is clearly a high-end, critic-recognized bottling — consistent with Realm’s reputation.
The final blend (90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Malbec) mirrors the backbone of Realm’s portfolio, especially for wines like “The Bard” or site blends outside their single-vineyard labels.
The tasting note’s description of “sexy Cabernet with great extraction… velvet glove”, and its more open-knit character compared to Lot 10, strongly resembles how Realm often balances plushness with power across different cuvĂ©es.
Cam calls it “a more feminine and pretty version” of Lot 10 — which again fits the Realm style spectrum across different vineyard-designate or second-tier wines.
⏳ Drink Window
- Early enjoyment: Fall 2025 once bottle shock fades.
- Peak drinking: 2028–2036, as the polish and silk-grained tannins integrate with dark fruit and spice.
- Hold potential: Through ~2040 for those who enjoy fully mature Napa Cabs with earthy, tertiary complexity.
⏳ Drink Window: 2026–2040 (peak 2028–2036)
🧑‍🤝‍🧑🍷 Wine Berserkers Guess: Krupp Brothers Verasion Cabernet