Russell Bevan is one of Napa Valley’s most acclaimed winemakers and the founder of Bevan Cellars, built in 2004 around small-lot, single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from sites like Tench Vineyard in Oakville. A fourth-generation Californian, Russell Bevan was mentored by industry legends Jim and Barbara Richards of Paloma and Philip Togni of Togni Vineyards. His hands-on approach — meticulous farming, obsessive barrel selection, and bottling unfiltered with minimal sulfur — has earned him 42 perfect 100-point scores across the wineries and projects he’s worked with, along with more than 200 scores of 97 points or higher. The result is a body of work defined by texture, precision, and an unmistakable sense of place.