Hamilton Russell Vineyards

Hamilton Russell Vineyards

Hemel-En-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir 2022

High acidity and light bodied with bright red fruit flavors — a month ago

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The Barns at Hamilton Station

Meritage 2017

Fantastic at eight years old! Vibrant dark/red fruit… a touch of thyme and a pinch of rosemary. Michael Shaps built this and you can tell. Fantastic attack (cherry sweetness) and the mid palate is just a tango of balance (slightly stewed fruit and herbs)…
Medium finish but delightful in staying inside the boundaries for what this wine is meant to do
— 9 months ago

Celler D. Russell Smith

Montsant Vino Tinto Garnatxa Negra Samsó 2016

Red currant, cherry, and leather with a medium body and finish. — 5 years ago

Nikkisa Christian
with Nikkisa

Hugh Hamilton

Jim Jim The Down-Underdog Shiraz 2017

Dark, cherry and delicious! See you next time — 6 years ago

Hamilton Russell Vineyards

Ashbourne Pinotage/Cinsault

Pure delight — a Beaujolais-esque expression that’s an easy, beautiful drink. — 7 years ago

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Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Inaugural vintage of a truly great wine. This wine is pre- Russell Bevan - Luc Morlet is the wine maker. The wine is so soft at this point with a finish that persists in such a harmonious fashion. Absolute treat. The fruit is dark and delicious. The alcohol is >15% but the wine is so well balanced, the alcohol does not seem out of place. Great wine. — 7 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD
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Hamilton Russell Vineyards

Ashbourne Pinotage 2020

Vintage 2020 | WOTN | Beautiful wine: rosemary, raspberry, cigarbox, piment. Nice complexity, refinement and elegance. — 4 months ago

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Bevan Cellars

Tench Vineyard EE Red Blend 2016

PNP & Singing right now! Russell Bevan makes great wines! Cheers 🍇🍷👏🏻👍🏻 — 2 years ago

Shay, Tom and 26 others liked this

Bevan Cellars

Sugarloaf Mountain Proprietary Red Blend 2014

Unbelievable perfect 57%Cab Franc- 43% Merlot blend from Russell Bevan. A fruit forward version if a Cheval Blanc from St.Emilion! Full bodied rich stewed black and blue fruits with hints of mint and herbs, lavender and fully textured with a 1-minute long intense finish. Can’t imagine a better red wine. — 4 years ago

The Barns at Hamilton Station

Chardonnay 2017

Simply exquisite! One of Michael best builds. All round hill fruit :) this was gold in GovCup (2019?) This raises the bar for both terroir and maker! — 6 years ago

Bevan Cellars

Ontogeny Napa Valley Red Blend

What a great wine! Every sips makes me think of fun times with Russell, Victoria and Pumpkin! — 6 years ago

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Hamilton Russell Vineyards

Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Chardonnay 2013

World greatest Chardonnay blind tasting — 7 years ago

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Bevan Cellars

Wildfoote Vineyard Vixen Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Still needs a 45 minute decanting. Russell is making some great Bordeaux style wines. — 7 years ago

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Bevan Cellars

EE Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2016

PNP / Exceptional @ 10 years young! 65% Cab. Sauv., 30% Cab. Franc & the rest Merlot. Classic Oakville with deep dark fruit concentration, lots of glycerin, opulent drinking experience. Kudos to Russell Bevan-Owner/Winemaker! Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻 — 6 months ago

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Bevan Cellars

Tin Box Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2011

Russell hit a home run with this 2011. Wow! — 4 years ago

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Big score! I’m guessing the vintage may have dialed back the style a bit? Love this vineyard.

Bevan Cellars

Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay 2018

Slightly hazy (unfined?) gold. Abundant nose of honeyed tropical fruits, baked apple, and vanilla tinged orange crème. Full-bodied palate of cooked pineapple, baked apple, hint of orange, yellow lilies, and… how does one say “baseball bat” only subtly? Another quintessential Russell Bevan white that’s a monster in body, but velvet on the palate. A big wine that begs for big, complex dishes. My drinking partner (who suggested the wine was like an Adele song… you think it’s going to be a rustic stumble, but it clearly has much more going on) made an incredible pork loin, root vegetable, and apple entrée that was right where a dish should be to stand up to this wine. Similar dishes will work. Not your grandmother’s Chardonnay. Drink now through 2023. — 5 years ago

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Bevan Cellars

Tench Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Tasting 2018’s with Russell — 6 years ago

Holli Greenfield
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Bevan Cellars

Ontogeny Oakville Red Wine 2014

Damn you Russell Bevan. This is Uber delicious — 7 years ago

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