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2018

Bella Oaks Vineyard Proprietary Red

Tasted 28 September 2025 Napa Valley · Rutherford
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2019

Bella Oaks Vineyard Proprietary Red

Napa Valley · Rutherford

This sample was a Chewy McChewster, with black currant, dark soil-driven black fruit, licorice, and super dark spices all bundled into a chocolate chunk holiday package. I wanted to pour this thing…

Reviewed 1 May 2025
2022

Bella Oaks Vineyard Proprietary Red

Napa Valley · Rutherford

This latest iteration of Bella Oaks starts out as a round and fruity magoo, but it turns a little more serious as it swirls in the glass. Enter a nicely placed grip midway through the execution, with…

Reviewed 30 April 2025
2021

Bella Oaks Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Le Génie

Napa Valley · Rutherford

The fruit-friendly Genie is a good warm up to the over-the-moon performance of the 2021 Bella Oaks. The Genie is young and gliding on the lighter side of achieving substantial depth at this juvenile…

Reviewed 15 April 2024
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