Matt Schwartz

9.0

High acidity and light bodied with bright red fruit flavors — 12 days ago

Ron from VA

9.3

Fantastic at eight years old! Vibrant dark/red fruit… a touch of thyme and a pinch of rosemary. Michael Shaps built this and you can tell. Fantastic attack (cherry sweetness) and the mid palate is just a tango of balance (slightly stewed fruit and herbs)…
Medium finish but delightful in staying inside the boundaries for what this wine is meant to do — 9 months ago

Ron Milton

10

Unbelievable perfect 57%Cab Franc- 43% Merlot blend from Russell Bevan. A fruit forward version if a Cheval Blanc from St.Emilion! Full bodied rich stewed black and blue fruits with hints of mint and herbs, lavender and fully textured with a 1-minute long intense finish. Can’t imagine a better red wine. — 4 years ago

Ron from VA

9.3

Simply exquisite! One of Michael best builds. All round hill fruit :) this was gold in GovCup (2019?) This raises the bar for both terroir and maker! — 6 years ago

Howard Greenfield

9.5

Tasting 2018’s with Russell — 6 years ago

with Holli

Adam Knoerzer

9.0

Pure delight — a Beaujolais-esque expression that’s an easy, beautiful drink. — 7 years ago

David L

9.4

Still needs a 45 minute decanting. Russell is making some great Bordeaux style wines. — 7 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2020 | WOTN | Beautiful wine: rosemary, raspberry, cigarbox, piment. Nice complexity, refinement and elegance. — 4 months ago

Rob Brobst III

9.8

2013 Ontogeny Proprietary Red is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Petit Verdot, and 10% Cabernet Franc, coming from some of Russell Bevan’s favorite vineyard sources – Sugarloaf Mountain, Two Dogs, Tin Box and Tench. Quite flavorful, it is exhibiting slightly more new oak than some of the other cuvées, but is still sexy and opulent, with voluptuous texture, low acidity, and oodles of juicy, succulent black and red fruits, licorice, underbrush and a touch of vanillin. An already irresistible beauty, it can be drunk over the next 20 years. — 9 months ago

Karilyn Lesassier-Van Oosten

9.3

Bright and crisp. — 5 years ago

Anthony Hughes

9.1

Red currant, cherry, and leather with a medium body and finish. — 5 years ago

with Nikkisa

Michael Davenport

9.7

What a great wine! Every sips makes me think of fun times with Russell, Victoria and Pumpkin! — 6 years ago

Al Clark

9.1

Thanks Mr Jason — 6 years ago

Frank

9.5

Inaugural vintage of a truly great wine. This wine is pre- Russell Bevan - Luc Morlet is the wine maker. The wine is so soft at this point with a finish that persists in such a harmonious fashion. Absolute treat. The fruit is dark and delicious. The alcohol is >15% but the wine is so well balanced, the alcohol does not seem out of place. Great wine. — 7 years ago

with ADAM

Billy L.

9.8

PNP / Exceptional @ 10 years young! 65% Cab. Sauv., 30% Cab. Franc & the rest Merlot. Classic Oakville with deep dark fruit concentration, lots of glycerin, opulent drinking experience. Kudos to Russell Bevan-Owner/Winemaker! Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻 — 5 months ago

Billy L.

9.7

PNP & Singing right now! Russell Bevan makes great wines! Cheers 🍇🍷👏🏻👍🏻 — 2 years ago

Eric L.

10

Russell hit a home run with this 2011. Wow! — 4 years ago

Byron C Mayes

9.1

Slightly hazy (unfined?) gold. Abundant nose of honeyed tropical fruits, baked apple, and vanilla tinged orange crème. Full-bodied palate of cooked pineapple, baked apple, hint of orange, yellow lilies, and… how does one say “baseball bat” only subtly? Another quintessential Russell Bevan white that’s a monster in body, but velvet on the palate. A big wine that begs for big, complex dishes. My drinking partner (who suggested the wine was like an Adele song… you think it’s going to be a rustic stumble, but it clearly has much more going on) made an incredible pork loin, root vegetable, and apple entrée that was right where a dish should be to stand up to this wine. Similar dishes will work. Not your grandmother’s Chardonnay. Drink now through 2023. — 5 years ago

Jonathan Shoup

9.0

Dark, cherry and delicious! See you next time — 6 years ago

with Jennifer

Florent Peyre

9.4

Close to a Chassagne Montrachet — 7 years ago