Realm Cellars, The Bard, Napa Valley 2016 sold at auction 110 times in the last five years, at a median of $170 per 750ml; half of those sales fell between $157 and $187. The most recent sale was on October 23, 2026. The lowest retail price today is $188, across 53 retail offers.
Auction median, last 5 yrs
$170
110 sales · $157–187 middle half
Lowest retail now
$188
53 retail offers
Last auction sale
Oct 23
2026
Critic scores
98
Wine Advocate
97
James Suckling
98
Jeb Dunnuck
Realm Cellars, The Bard, Napa Valley, neighbouring vintages
Live auction lots for 2016 (2)
Wine facts
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Sub-region
- Napa Valley
- Type
- Red
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About Realm Cellars
Realm Cellars began in 2002 as a winery without vineyards. Co-founders Juan Mercado and investment banker Wendell Laidley bought fruit from top Napa sites, and founding winemaker Mike Hirby made the first wines at Sherwin Family Winery. Scott Becker took over as managing partner in 2012, and Bordeaux-born Benoit Touquette, whose first Realm vintage was 2011, became his co-owner. The company then turned into a landowner: it bought the Hartwell winery and vineyard in the Stags Leap District at the end of 2015, which became Moonracer Estate, and in 2022 added Nine Suns and the Houyi vineyard on Pritchard Hill. The Bard, a Cabernet-led blend, is its flagship red.
- Appellation
- Napa Valley: estates in Stags Leap District, Coombsville and Pritchard Hill
- Owner
- Scott Becker and Benoit Touquette
- Founded
- 2002
- Vineyards
- 16 ha
- Grapes
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec, Sauvignon Blanc
- Wines
- The Bard
- Website
- realmcellars.com
Sources: napawineproject.com, realmcellars.com