Wow, ten years have made a beauty out of this bottle. A bouquet with lots of secondary notes combined with a plate that is structured and shows lot of complex berry flavours (mainly blue and dark). It is rich but balanced, fruit forward but structured - a truly balanced act that reaches into the top layers of Napa cab blends. The cab franc is used with skill here.
More and more I realize that Bevan’s wines (including Ontogeny) really shine after 10 years+ of aging; the single vineyard wines are undrinkable any earlier IMO.
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Was really opening up by hour three. Unfortunately there wasn’t much left at that point. I would give this at least an hour decant not because of the tannins but because it was a tad closed upon opening. Lovey wine.
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1/30/2022 - Ravi Deshpande Likes this wine: 90 Points
While nice, not as good as previous. I know for a fact that Ontogeny ages but this one seems in a funny place right now. Disjointed.
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3/27/2021 - Ravi Deshpande Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wow, ten years have made a beauty out of this bottle. A bouquet with lots of secondary notes combined with a plate that is structured and shows lot of complex berry flavours (mainly blue and dark). It is rich but balanced, fruit forward but structured - a truly balanced act that reaches into the top layers of Napa cab blends. The cab franc is used with skill here.
More and more I realize that Bevan’s wines (including Ontogeny) really shine after 10 years+ of aging; the single vineyard wines are undrinkable any earlier IMO.
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11/22/2020 - YankeeRobio Likes this wine: 93 Points
One the other side of the mountain as far as drink window goes. Super smooth, lots of blue fruit and very settled. Very enjoyable
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7/15/2020 - Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 96 Points
Really an outstanding wine with a true vibrant quality ... that starts out great and transforms in the glass into a life experience!
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6/5/2020 - OTTMJ Likes this wine: 93 Points
Was really opening up by hour three. Unfortunately there wasn’t much left at that point. I would give this at least an hour decant not because of the tannins but because it was a tad closed upon opening. Lovey wine.
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