By: Ryan Tedder
Wow-what a pair of great bold reds from Russell Bevan and Bevan Cellars! We did a nice little sampler packs of his amazing new releases this last week and we had the chance drink through two of the biggest, baddest reds in the lineup. These 2012 Cab Blends were both popped and decanted for a few hours and they could not be more hedonistically different! The 2012 Bevan Cellars Ontogeny Red is 65% Cab Sauv, a whopping 25% Petite Verdot and 10% Cab Franc and with air the velvety texture of the PV and its exotic floral violets complexity married perfectly with the creme de cassis, black berries, pipe tobacco, graphite and melted fudge. Sweet, supple tannins, juicy ripe fruit and a mouth-coating richness. I would stockpile this wine personally and I bought 6 bottle actually!! You should too. We have a little bit available and give us a call if you want to grab some-214-741-1855. You will be happy! The other wonderful red was the 2012 Bevan Cellars Sugarloaf Mountain. It is their equal part Merlot and Cab Franc Right Bank Blend. Simon compared it to Chateau Pavie in 2005-quite the comparison! Notes of unsmoked cigar tobacco, forest floor, pen ink mulberries, blackberries and spring flowers soar from the glass. The wine possesses great intensity, remarkable unctuosity and thickness, and perfect integration of acidity, alcohol, tannin and wood. A wine to lay in the cellar and drink over the next 30 years! Every bit the part of a 100 Point wine with a long story to tell as it ages. Bravo to Russell Bevan for these fantastic 2012s!