Bevan Cellars, Tench Vineyard EE Red Wine, Oakville

Bevan Cellars · California › Oakville › United States of America

Red · Red Bordeaux Blend

Critics

94 /100

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Community Reviews

Reviews

94.0

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Split over 2 days. Delicious both. Nice softness with a lengthy tail on day 2.

2017 vintage

I knew better, but I opened this anyway. Through an Ullo and into a decanter. First impressions — coffee bitters, hot, tannic, earthy beast of a wine. This clearly needs air. Try again with 30 min air. After 60 min of air, this was much better, but nowhere near up to par. The earthiness remained on the nose and deep herbal notes appeared, covering up everything else, though the coffee receded. The palate began to show some ghosts of fruit, …

2017 vintage

We thoroughly enjoyed this wine. At first, I felt like it would be a pop and pour, because it was showing very well in the glass, but after about five minutes, we realized a soft decant Would really help open the wine on the back pallet. I have recently bought a case of the 2017 tench Cabernet, and I’m looking forward to drinking the cuvée alongside the Cabernet varietal.

2017 vintage

Just an outstanding bottle of wine.

2017 vintage

Excellent wine at a great point of maturity from magnum. Needed decanting but was showing great!

2017 vintage

At Chess Club with Tom,Cathy,Bill,Kathy,and Kristi with one gifted to Emily and Steve. Great cab nose full of dark fruit,inky,lots of leg,. Mouthful of complex flavors with long finish . Tannins perfectly compliment the steaks.

2017 vintage

I love where this wine is right now. It will continue to age well, but into a great place now.

2017 vintage

Unmatched in deliciousness. a chimera of a serious napa cab with chambord! Needs time to integrate, but it is exuberantly delightful already.

2017 vintage

Need an hour in the Decatur. Mint and eucalyptus and menthol, dark stewed, fruits, longfin lovely Napa cab.

2017 vintage

Out of magnum. Double decanted for 2 hours. Dark fruit little grainy tannins some chocolate. Drinking better than few years ago

2017 vintage

DD 3rhs. Concentrated dark fruit, full bodied, slight camphor, sage. Great now.

2017 vintage

Still needs 30-60 minutes to open up. See previous note.

2017 vintage

Not as complex as I like, wanted more bite

2017 vintage

Decanted 45 minutes. Teeth coating, black fruit. Love how the Cab Franc with its brambly herbiness pushes through on these Tench Bevan blends. Russell Bevan sure as $hit knows what he’s doing.

2017 vintage

Excellent wine. Blend is smooth to the end with lots of fruit on the front. I need to buy more.

2017 vintage

30 minute decant, followed 2 glasses over 2 hours and one glass the next day. The nose has a ton of fruit. The palate is LOADED with green green tannins that almost feel like alcohol burn. Maybe there is some alcohol there. Little changed the next day, which is concerning. Hold 3+ years and pray.

2017 vintage

Needs to open up. Lots of potential

2017 vintage

Fruit forward.

2017 vintage

Not sure what happened with this bottle. Horrible. Corked? Surprised since it was stored exactly as another I had previously back in July.

2017 vintage

Dark fruit, fruit forward.Tasty.

2017 vintage

Boy, this one has improved in the last six months (and with a 3 hour decant). Blackberry, blueberry, charcoal, licorice, faint bittersweet cocoa.

2017 vintage

Ripe grape juice with touch of green and short finish at end. Not very pleasant strong tannins maybe needs more time?

2017 vintage

Good nose, prob the Cab Franc. Maybe a touch overripe, solid but not great. Drank side by side blind with the Melka CJ 2018, the Melka was clearly the superior wine.

2017 vintage

Pop and pour but needed 30 minutes of air to blossom, then kept improving over three hours. This is one of the most savory Bevans I've had, much to my liking. This is 2/3 Cabernet Sauvignon with the rest Cab Franc and a splash of Petit Verdot. This is showing beautifully with savory black fruit and herbs, cranberry, and chewy tannins on the palate and a long finish of blackcurrant, licorice, and cognac. One of the best 2017s I've tasted.

2017 vintage

First of 6 bottles purchased direct from Bevan on a sale. Opened 3 hours prior to drinking, bottle threw off a little bit of sediment but not much. Already ready to drink after some air. Pleasant ruby cherry red, you can get a hint of that Cab Franc showing through. Glad I have more of this.

2017 vintage