Tench Vineyard EE Red Wine
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–20 years from the vintage release, though it can easily cellar for longer under optimal conditions.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted rack of lamb, braised beef short ribs
✨ Technical Specifications
The Tench Vineyard 'EE' Red Wine is a tour de force from Bevan Cellars, showcasing the extraordinary terroir of Oakville, Napa Valley. Situated on the eastern Oakville bench, adjacent to the legendary Screaming Eagle property, the Tench Vineyard is famous for its iron-rich, red volcanic soils. The 'EE' cuvée—named in honor of Victoria De Crescenzo's parents, Elyse and Edward—is a proprietary red blend dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Winemaker Russell Bevan employs a meticulous, high-extraction winemaking style, utilizing cold soaks and aging in 100% new French oak barrels to craft a wine of immense power, voluptuous texture, and profound depth. The unique terroir of Tench Vineyard infuses this opulent, dark-fruit-driven wine with a signature mineral complexity, vibrant acidity, and refined, dusty tannins that have made it a darling of critics and collectors alike.
🍾 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