2009 Bevan Cellars Ontogeny

Community Tasting Notes (64) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  2/10/2024 - Sp@rk Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Well balanced and smooth

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  12/17/2023 - idonotlikeliver Likes this wine: 92 Points

  still quite nice, this bottle was fresh and lively and balanced. in a good spot - somewhat of a primary / secondary state.

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  4/30/2021 - Bob23 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Lovely. It's fully mellowed, with the only off note being a whiff of dill/vegetal that i get sometimes in Napa cabs. Happy memories of this bottle though.

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  11/10/2020 - idonotlikeliver Likes this wine: 91 Points

  much mellowed since i last drank this in 2013, though there's still enough happening to suggest the wine's not on life support given the 2020 CT window (though i do miss some of the boldness from earlier years).
  
  solid medium-to-dark fruit that is balanced out by notes of caramel and apple, integrated smokiness, underlying earthiness with a hint of must, and something i couldn’t quite place… a little bit of an herbaceous olive-y element, perhaps (but without the briny component)?

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  7/7/2019 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 92 Points

  PnP great wine that was still punching above its weight class- and still has enough to keep on punching. Wine is beginning to show secondary evolution but the primary is not giving in.

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