Dry Stack Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
goat cheese salad, grilled oysters, roasted chicken with herbs
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the wind-swept, rocky slopes of the Dry Stack Vineyard in Sonoma County's cool Bennett Valley, this Sauvignon Blanc represents Russell Bevan's signature pursuit of power and texture. The vineyard's volcanic soils and unique microclimate, defined by cool marine fog entering through the Crane Canyon gap, allow the grapes to achieve optimal physiological ripeness while retaining a vibrant, electric acidity. Unlike typical light and simple expressions of the grape, Bevan crafts this wine with deliberate lees contact and barrel fermentation, resulting in an opulent, multi-layered white wine. It beautifully marries intense tropical fruit and bright citrus notes with a rich, creamy mouthfeel, showcasing the dramatic terroir of Bennett Valley.
🍾 About the Producer
Bevan Cellars was founded in 2005 by self-taught winemaker Russell Bevan, quickly ascending to cult status within California's fine wine landscape. Celebrated for an unabashedly opulent, hedonistic, and precision-driven winemaking style, Bevan partners with premier growers across premier microclimates in Napa Valley and Sonoma County. Sourcing spans esteemed terroirs such as eastern Oakville's red volcanic and alluvial soils at Tench Vineyard, the rocky slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain, and cool maritime sites in the Russian River Valley and Petaluma Gap. Viticulture emphasizes meticulous canopy control and sustainable vineyard management, harvesting fruit at optimal physiological ripeness. In the cellar, Bevan employs minimal intervention, indigenous fermentations, squeaky-clean sorting regimens, and customized French oak aging. Benchmark bottlings include his single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons such as Tench Vineyard and Sugarloaf Mountain, proprietary red blends like Ontogeny and EE, alongside textural, vibrant Sonoma Coast Chardonnays and Ritchie Vineyard expressions.
🍇 Grapes
Sauvignon Blanc