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Wine-Searcher tracks this 2020 PerUs 'Pont' Napa Valley across the open market. Their published U.S. low is $50.18 and the average is $99.05. Our slash is $50.00.
2020 PerUs 'Pont' Napa Valley, USA
Russell Bevan's Pont blend, Tench Cabernet from Oakville's eastern bench, a 300-case 2020 you can open at fifty dollars.
The 2020 Pont is 40 percent Tench Cabernet Sauvignon with Sugarloaf Merlot and Cabernet Franc: bright cherry, tobacco, and bittersweet chocolate on linear Napa power, now $50.
Tench Cabernet and Bevan's hand, in a blend built for the pot
PerUs is Anmol Bhandari's Napa table project, with Russell Bevan in the cellar. Pont is the 2020 cooking wine on purpose: 40 percent Tench Cabernet from Oakville's iron-rich eastern bench, 35 percent Sugarloaf Merlot, 25 percent Sugarloaf Cabernet Franc. Three hundred cases. This is the bottle that puts Bevan intensity on a long braise at a Tuesday number.
The house
Anmol Bhandari founded PerUs around friendship, family, and the table. The first vintage, 2013, was 30 cases. Russell Bevan has made the wines from the start.
The wine
40% Tench Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Sugarloaf Merlot, 25% Sugarloaf Cabernet Franc. 14.4% ABV. 300 cases.
The sites
Tench sits on Oakville's eastern benchlands beside Screaming Eagle and Rudd, iron-rich soils. Sugarloaf supplies Merlot breadth and Cabernet Franc perfume.
The drinker
Decant generously. Serve 60 to 65 F. Grilled ribeye, slow-roasted meats, or a long Bolognese.
Cherry and tobacco, then bittersweet chocolate
PerUs calls for linear power, not sheer weight. Bright cherry sits in the middle. Tobacco and Cabernet Franc detail add lift. A kiss of bittersweet chocolate rounds the finish.
A Cabernet-led blend built for a long day at the stove. Tench supplies the spine. Sugarloaf Merlot and Franc keep cherry, tobacco, and energy in the glass.
Bright cherry, tobacco, bittersweet chocolate, a savory Cabernet Franc edge.
Linear and powerful, 14.4% ABV, Cabernet frame with Merlot breadth.
Long, energetic, and chocolate-kissed. Decant generously. Serve 60 to 65 F.
Oakville backbone, Sugarloaf counterpoint
On the PerUs sheet, Pont is a deliberate conversation: 40 percent Tench Cabernet Sauvignon for Oakville authority, 35 percent Sugarloaf Merlot for mid-palate breadth, 25 percent Sugarloaf Cabernet Franc for perfume and savory lift. Russell Bevan blends for energy as much as power, then bottles 300 cases.
Tench Vineyard sits on Oakville's east-end benchlands in iron-rich soils. Sugarloaf brings cooler, rock-driven Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
Give it a generous decant. PerUs wrote this wine for slow-roasted meats and a Bolognese that spends hours in the pot.
A Napa table project, not a vanity label
PerUs began with a belief that life is measured less by possessions than by friendship, family, and the memories shared around a table.
Founder Anmol Bhandari connected the project with Master Sommelier Dustin Wilson and winemaker Russell Bevan. The first vintage in 2013 was 30 cases.
Bevan, of Bevan Cellars, takes Tench, Sugarloaf, and other Napa contracts for PerUs blends rather than growing his own production. Pont is that model in one bottle.
Three hundred cases of 2020. A wine named for the table, priced so you can actually cook with it.
Ribeye, mash, and a long decant
Pont wants browned beef, creamy potatoes, and time in the glass. Char meets tobacco. Fat meets Cabernet structure.
Two plates. One grilled ribeye over mash. One butter-basted skillet steak. Both can take Tench tannin.
Serve 60 to 65 F. Decant generously. Rest the steak. Keep the seasoning savory.
Grilled Ribeye with Creamy Mashed Potatoes
A hard sear, buttery potatoes, and Pont's Cabernet spine. The live pairing on this page.
Why it works: The wine's structure cuts the marbling. Char echoes tobacco and bittersweet chocolate without burying cherry.
View Recipe for grilled ribeye with creamy mashed potatoes (opens in a new tab)
Pan-Seared, Butter-Basted Thick-Cut Steak
A skillet steak if the grill is away. Same char, same fat, same Cabernet job.
Why it works: Beef fat softens the Tench frame. Browned butter pulls cherry and chocolate through the blend.
View Recipe for butter-basted pan-seared steak (opens in a new tab)Put Pont in the cart
Tench Cabernet, Russell Bevan, 300 cases. Fifty dollars.
Put it in the cart. This is the PerUs bottle for a steak night that wants Oakville pedigree without a cult waitlist.
