Summit 1376 Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, seared salmon with wild mushrooms, herb-crusted pork loin
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched high atop Sonoma Mountain at an elevation of 1,376 feet, the Summit 1376 vineyard provides the dramatic backdrop for this remarkably intense Pinot Noir. Winemaker Russell Bevan applies his signature opulent style to this cool-climate varietal, utilizing the extreme mountain terroir where vines struggle in thin soils and bask in intense high-altitude sunlight while remaining cooled by marine winds. This unique microclimate allows the grapes to achieve maximum physiological ripeness with thick skins, yielding a Pinot Noir of uncommon depth, muscular structure, and concentration. Crafted with meticulous fruit selection and aged in custom-toasted French oak, this wine challenges the traditional delicate boundaries of the grape, offering a voluptuous, velvety texture and a complex aromatic profile of dark fruits and exotic spices.
🍾 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
Pinot Noir