Realm Cellars • Napa Valley, California
The Absurd is Realm Cellars’ ultra‑cuvée from Napa Valley, a rule‑breaking “super blend” assembled from whatever varieti…The Absurd is Realm Cellars’ ultra‑cuvée from Napa Valley, a rule‑breaking “super blend” assembled from whatever varieties and vineyard parcels best capture the vintage, with the sole aim of creating the estate’s finest wine each year. Typi…Learn More »
$825
/750ml
2018 Retail Average
100
/100
2018 Pro Rating
Power surges from the glass with midnight-black fruit, cocoa, and graphite layered over a cool, smoky mineral core, giving Realm Cellars The Absurd 2018 an incredible sense of depth and precision. On the palate it’s lavish yet controlled, packed with cassis, baked plum and exotic spice, wrapped in plush, seamless tannins that carry the flavor in an endless, fragrant finish. This is an unapologetically hedonistic but finely balanced Napa statement piece, clearly one of the stars of the vintage.
Dry-aged ribeye with bone marrow, Moroccan-spiced lamb shoulder, Black truffle and porcini risotto
The Absurd is Realm Cellars’ ultra‑cuvée from Napa Valley, a rule‑breaking “super blend” assembled from whatever varieties and vineyard parcels best capture the vintage, with the sole aim of creating the estate’s finest wine each year. Typically Cabernet‑driven, it’s an opulent, hedonistic red of great power, polish, and longevity, produced in tiny quantities and positioned as a philosophical statement about freedom and extremity in modern Napa winemaking.