Bevan Cellars
Ontogeny Napa Valley Red Blend
Napa Valley, California, USA
Monthly 4th Friday is post Thanksgiving this year, so lots of Thanksgiving style wines!
Spiced cake, smoked meat, grilled red and black fruits on the nose. Rich and open as Bevan’s wines are on the palate. Sweet fruit and toasted oak. Some cedar, new pipe tobacco, nutmeg and cocoa shavings over black forest cake. Hedonistic as always and showing really well. In drinking order, I think they are currently as follows: ‘15 now, ‘14 next, ‘16 in the next year or two.
Monthly 4th Friday is post Thanksgiving this year, so lots of Thanksgiving style wines!
Spiced cake, smoked meat, grilled red and black fruits on the nose. Rich and open as Bevan’s wines are on the palate. Sweet fruit and toasted oak. Some cedar, new pipe tobacco, nutmeg and cocoa shavings over black forest cake. Hedonistic as always and showing really well. In drinking order, I think they are currently as follows: ‘15 now, ‘14 next, ‘16 in the next year or two.
Drank 7/12/18. Tasing event.
Very pleasant, but medium nose of black fruit and some oak. Nice very balanced palate with black berry, red fruit, and well integrated tannins.
3/23/9/5/4 +50 = 94 pts
Drank 7/12/18. Tasing event.
Very pleasant, but medium nose of black fruit and some oak. Nice very balanced palate with black berry, red fruit, and well integrated tannins.
3/23/9/5/4 +50 = 94 pts
Wow! McGah, Tench, Tin Box, Showket, Wildfoote, Harbison all in one bottle!!!! @Jacqueline @Neal Schaffer @Terri Walker @Neal Schaffer @Stanley Barrios @Jim Trobaugh @Vanessa D @leon egozi @Carl Fischer @Connor McMahon @Mike Smith @Martin G Rivard @David L @Doug Davidson @Ian Blackburn
Wow! McGah, Tench, Tin Box, Showket, Wildfoote, Harbison all in one bottle!!!! @Jacqueline @Neal Schaffer @Terri Walker @Neal Schaffer @Stanley Barrios @Jim Trobaugh @Vanessa D @leon egozi @Carl Fischer @Connor McMahon @Mike Smith @Martin G Rivard @David L @Doug Davidson @Ian Blackburn
Dec 2nd, 2017
violet; aromatic, cassis, dark chocolate, violets, graphite; full bodied, dense, concentrated, dark fruit, beautifully textured tannin, 14.9% ABV; blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Petit Verdot, and 10% Cabernet Franc
violet; aromatic, cassis, dark chocolate, violets, graphite; full bodied, dense, concentrated, dark fruit, beautifully textured tannin, 14.9% ABV; blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Petit Verdot, and 10% Cabernet Franc
1 person found it helpfulAug 10th, 2019
So good! I don’t know of anything better in Napa Valley for under $100.
So good! I don’t know of anything better in Napa Valley for under $100.
Sep 12th, 2019
All day long and twice on Wednesday!
All day long and twice on Wednesday!
Aug 1st, 2019Quite fruit forward and rich. Dark. A bit of vanilla. Or 9.0+
Quite fruit forward and rich. Dark. A bit of vanilla. Or 9.0+
Jul 13th, 2019
This wine was awesome! This was provided by a friend. Hoping I was several bottles at home.
This wine was awesome! This was provided by a friend. Hoping I was several bottles at home.
May 5th, 2019Lovely wine on a perfect summer evening. 82 degrees, clear blue skies, and low humidity.
Just a delicious, happy Labrador Retriever of a wine - it wants nothing more than to please you. All smiles here!
Lovely wine on a perfect summer evening. 82 degrees, clear blue skies, and low humidity.
Just a delicious, happy Labrador Retriever of a wine - it wants nothing more than to please you. All smiles here!