Riverain · Yountville · 2025
2025 Riverain Sauvignon Blanc, Yountville
A place on the list
If you already know Riverain from Tench Vineyard — Oakville rows that share a fence line with Screaming Eagle — this is the same winemaker and the same standard, in Sauvignon Blanc. Thomas Rivers Brown. Gamble Ranch, Riverbound fruit. $30 NET.
Winery SRP $30 per bottle
One-case minimum unless a bulk break is shown at checkout. Partner price is the JS Selections offer, not a required resale price.
Why this bottle belongs on the list
Two selling points.
Then the market.
The Cabernet lives next to Screaming Eagle. This is the white.
Riverain takes its name from living near the river. The 2025 Sauvignon Blanc is from the Riverbound block on Tom Gamble's Yountville ranch — alluvial and sandy loam, the same rows they come back to every year.
Thomas Rivers Brown. Citrus, melon, wet stone.
Citrus, green melon, white florals, wet stone. Twelve bottles at $30 NET, $360 the case, against a $50 reference. A list white for the cold bar and herb-roasted fish.
The buyer's perspective
What the guest
hears first.
Staff line: Riverain, Thomas Rivers Brown, Yountville Sauvignon Blanc. $30 NET. Pour it with fish tacos or oysters. The Tench Cabernet is a different listing.
Winemaker's corner
Wine Spectator cover · Napa's Top Gun · Riverain
Thomas
Rivers Brown
Riverain is TRB in a quieter key: Yountville Sauvignon Blanc from Gamble Ranch, the same standard as the Tench Cabernet that sits on the Oakville map beside Screaming Eagle.
The house name means living near the river. The 2025 is Riverbound fruit, alluvial and sandy loam, the block they return to every year.
Vintage, site, maker, and NET $30 are locked. A list white you can put on tonight.
Gamble Ranch · Riverbound
Yountville, near the river.
Tom Gamble's Yountville ranch, Riverbound block, alluvial and sandy loam. Not Tench. Not Oakville Cabernet. Same house, different key.
Tench Vineyard sits on the Oakville map beside Screaming Eagle — volcanic red rock, TRB, tiny production. That is the Cabernet argument. This listing is the white.
Citrus, green melon, white florals, wet stone. Dry. Savory herbs. Oysters and roast fish.
2025 in the glass
Citrus.
Melon.
Wet stone.
A dry Yountville white with enough savory herbs to sit next to oysters and roast fish. Citrus, green melon, white florals, wet stone. Not a ten-year cellar argument. Vintage, site, maker, and NET $30 are locked.
Menu and service
Built for a serious table.
- Fish tacos
- Oysters
- Herb-roasted fish
Serve in a proper stem. Taste on opening and give the wine air if the structure asks for it.
Staff pairing clip
4 Levels of Fish Tacos | Epicurious
The tableside introduction
“Riverain Sauvignon Blanc, Thomas Rivers Brown, Yountville, Gamble Ranch. $30 NET. Pour it with fish tacos.”
Order the case
Yountville.
$30 NET.
Thomas Rivers Brown. The Cabernet lives next to Screaming Eagle; this is the white you can put on the list tonight.
One-case minimum unless a bulk break is shown at checkout. Partner price is the JS Selections offer, not a required resale price.
