Oakville · Yountville · Thomas Rivers Brown
Riverain’s Tench Vineyard Cabernet is grown next to Screaming Eagle in Oakville. The 2023 is 99 points from Jeb Dunnuck — 375 cases, their best Tench to date. The 2025 Sauvignon Blanc is the same house in a white key — Gamble Ranch, Yountville, twelve bottles at $30 NET.
The 2023 Cabernets
Look at the Oakville map. Tench Vineyard sits on the Silverado Trail side of the appellation, with Screaming Eagle as the next name over. Red rocky volcanic soils. Thomas Rivers Brown in the cellar.
The 2023 Tench Vineyard Cabernet is 100% Cabernet, aged 20 months in 100% French oak, 80% new. Jeb Dunnuck: 99 points. 375 cases. The producer calls it their best Tench to date. A tiny barrel selection, The Reserve, is the house’s first 100-point wine — 100% new oak, 279 cases.
“Classic Tench power in its black fruits, crushed stone, iron, leather, and Asian spices. These carry to a sensationally concentrated, layered, complex 2023 that has beautiful balance, ample mid-palate depth, and a blockbuster of a finish. The tannins here are just about perfect… There are 375 cases produced. Drink 2028–2043.”— Jeb Dunnuck, 99 points on the 2023 Tench Vineyard Cabernet
The book
The 2023 Tench Vineyard Cabernet is 99 points from Jeb Dunnuck. The 2025 Sauvignon Blanc is the wine on the Spring 2026 list — NET $30, case of twelve $360, reference $50.
Oakville · 2023 Cabernet
99 Jeb Dunnuck. 375 cases. 100% Cabernet, 20 months in 80% new French oak. TRB. Neighbor to Screaming Eagle. The Reserve is 100 points, 279 cases. Ask the cellar desk — not on the current Spring 2026 case list.
House wine · allocation by inquiry
Yountville · Sauvignon Blanc
Gamble Ranch / Riverbound. Citrus, green melon, wet stone. Twelve bottles, $30 NET. The same TRB standard, written as a white you can put on the list tonight.
View the Sauvignon BlancThe cellar
Thomas Rivers Brown makes Riverain. The same hand behind Maybach, Outpost, Pulido-Walker, Casa Piena, and Caterwaul. The 2023 Tench is 99 points; The Reserve is 100. The 2025 Sauvignon Blanc is how a restaurant actually uses the house this year.
Add 1 case · $360
