12’ Alexana Revana Vineyard Block 8 . The very best five barrels each year. 11 months in barrel, additional 14 months in bottle before release.
A complete waste if you don’t decant this for two hours. Gorgeous color. Nose- Dried flowers & hint of spearmint. Palate- Dark raspberries, dark stone fruits, spices, black pepper. Touch of cola.
Moderate acidity. This would benefit with a little more age. @Martin G Rivard Santa with another delivery to my door. Can’t thank you enough. Love you buddy! — 8 years ago
Great new label from Revana — 8 years ago
Enjoying another great bottle with dear friends. #bebright #unconventionalstrategies #revana #aloft — 9 years ago
With Bri and Kristen so yummy — 9 years ago
Dede had this 10 years ago
F'ing fantastic — 12 years ago
Premiere Napa Valley bottling of Terrace Reserve. This Farella was opened with some really good company (07 Lokoya Veeder, 07 Verite Muse, 07 Revana), and IMO it was either 1 or 2. The nose of this one reveals some black and blue fruits. Entry of this wine has blackberry power, but then settles to more of a truffle and black tar in the middle. Gives way to herbal notes which gives this wine a very good complexity that really outdid the Lokoya and the Revana which were more about Napa fruit-forward power (was very similar in style to the Verite quite honestly). Finish has resolving tannins. Toasted oak finish although still rather tannic for its age. This wine is drinking very well right now, and probably is in the prime drinking window for the next 3-4 years. If you have these, drink 'em up or let them sit but not too long! — 8 years ago
Liquid butter — 8 years ago
This one is bigger — 8 years ago
Thomas Rivers Brown, master behind Schrader, Maybach, and Revana. Found him at an outfit in Yountville. Masculine style Prop red, but with a good breathe lets you experience his style without shelling out $250. — 9 years ago
This 2012 is outstanding. Tastes exactly like the estate wine I tried @Alexana Estate Vineyards & Winery in 2014. Fresh, vibrant, earthy with notes of cranberries and red cherries — 9 years ago
Dr. Revana crushing it with his first Argentinian release. Age this #wine for a while.. — 11 years ago
Great with a garlic-studded pork roast. Floral notes but dry — 8 years ago
Started by Dr. Madaiah Revana who met Lynn Penner-Ash in the spring 2005, ending his search in Willamette Valley, and naming the winery after his daughter. Aromas of berry fruits and sweet spice. On the palate blackberry and strawberry with cedar, cacao and black pepper. Fine tannins, nice mouthfeel, lingering ending with oak notes. — 8 years ago
The best of the best — 8 years ago
Fantastic Oregon Pinot Noir! This is the way they SHOULD be. — 9 years ago
I didn't know that the fruit that doesn't make it in to Lokoya (which I've yet to try!) makes it in to this wine. This, alongside Revana and Roy, were the best wines of the night. No hard edges here, but still worthy of 10+ years away. Blackberry, truffle and vanilla made this wine scream for attention. — 9 years ago
Should have given it a year or two more but still fantastic. Slight honey on the nose and a touch less on the palate. Not overly acidic and a bit more alcohol than I'd prefer for this. But overall amazing!! — 11 years ago
Charles Hudson
Unexpectedly good — 7 years ago