Bevan Cellars Sugarloaf Proprietary Red is created with grapes grown in the South Napa hills. Sugarloaf  faces southwest towards San Pablo Bay allowing the afternoon marine winds to cool the warmer air from the surrounding hillsides. Rocky soils and full sun exposure create balanced hillside fruit with velvet-like tannins.

This Cabernet Franc and Merlot blend offers a sexy, hedonistic and concentrated wine with cassis and blueberries among a supple floral quality that elevates the wine. Tannins are velvety, ripe and round that makes it immediately enjoyable, but will continue to age gracefully for those who wait.

“The 2021 Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard Proprietary Red, 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot, is deep garnet-purple in color. It leaps out of the glass with vivacious notes of red and black plums, redcurrant jelly, and kirsch followed by hints of rose oil, dried lavender, and underbrush with a touch of Sichuan pepper. The full-bodied palate has electric tension and shimmery red and black fruit layers framed by plush tannins, leading to a long and perfumed finish on this beautiful wine.” 99 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Independent, October 2023

“Gorgeous blue fruits, mountain scrub brush, sage, espresso, black raspberry, and violet notes all emerge from the 2021 Proprietary Red Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard, a blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot that’s full-bodied and has terrific overall balance, building, fine-grained tannins, and a good spine of acidity that carries through the finish. This is another gorgeous wine in the lineup that shines for its complexity, balance, and depth.”
97+ points, Jeb Dunnuck, June 2023

“The terrific 2021 Proprietary Red Sugarloaf Mountain is a 60-40 blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot from this vineyard in southern Napa. Vaguely floral and leafy, loaded with purple raspberries and cherries, this is really complex, with lovely fruit. Full-bodied, supple, silky and seamless, it finishes long and elegant.”
98-100 points, Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate, May 2023