Proprietary Red
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 20 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, braised lamb shanks, roasted prime rib
✨ Technical Specifications
The Bevan Cellars Proprietary Red is a masterclass in modern Napa Valley opulence, showcasing winemaker Russell Bevan's signature style of lavish fruit concentration, velvety texture, and seamless structure. Typically crafted from prime vineyard sites such as the rocky, volcanic slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain in southern Napa Valley, this proprietary blend highlights the spectacular synergy between Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, often rounded out with Merlot. The vineyard's unique microclimate, where cool breezes from San Pablo Bay collide with intense afternoon sun, allows the grapes to achieve peak physiological ripeness while retaining essential acidity. In the cellar, Bevan employs meticulous berry sorting, cold soaks, and aging in new French oak barrels to craft a wine of immense power, purity, and complexity. It stands as a benchmark for contemporary California red blends, celebrated for its expressive aromatics of blue and black fruits, exotic spices, and plush, cashmere-like tannins.
🍾 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
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot