Showket Vineyardd EE Red Cuvee
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–20 years from the vintage release, as its formidable structure and rich fruit profile evolve beautifully over time.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted rack of lamb, braised beef short ribs
✨ Technical Specifications
The Showket Vineyard, nestled on the eastern hillsides of Oakville in the Vaca Mountain range, is legendary for its iron-rich, red volcanic soils. Positioned adjacent to the famed Dalla Valle estate, this site benefits from exceptional sun exposure and well-drained slopes. Winemaker Russell Bevan crafted the 'EE' Red Cuvee—named in honor of Victoria De Crescenzo's daughter, Elyse Elizabeth—to showcase the seamless synergy between Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc from this unique terroir. The wine is celebrated for its opulent texture, towering structure, and intense aromatic complexity, reflecting Bevan's signature style of pushing ripeness to its absolute peak while retaining remarkable purity. Although the vineyard was later acquired by Peter Michael Winery, the legacy of Bevan's Showket Vineyard bottlings remains a high-water mark for modern Napa Valley cult blends.
🍾 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 Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc