Bedrock Wine Company - Bedrock Heritage Red Bedrock Vineyard 2021 (750ml)

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Producer	Bedrock Wine Company
Country	United States
Region	California
Subregion	Sonoma
Varietal	Red Blend
Vintage	2021
Sku	38179
Size	750ml

 

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96

A field blend composed of over 22 interplanted varieties including Zinfandel, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Alicante Bouche, Mouvedre, Grenache, Carignane, +++
Founded in 1854 by Generals William "Tecumseh" Sherman and General "Fightin’ Joel" Hooker, Bedrock Vineyard has grown grapes for over 150 years. Following the first epidemic of phylloxera in the mid-1880’s, the vineyard was replanted in 1888 by Senator George Hearst - a mining magnet, an early father of California, and the father of publisher William Randolph Hearst. It is from those 125 year old vines that the Bedrock Heritage Wine is crafted. Always the wine closest to my heart, the Bedrock Vineyard Heritage Wine comes my family’s vineyard in the heart of Sonoma Valley. Composed of over 22 interplanted varieties, the Bedrock Vineyard Heritage Wine is the wine that I started the winery to make. The piece of rock strewn red clay soils produced a wine of citrus-tinged red fruits and spice. I hope this wine speaks as much to the vineyard as to the varieties from which it is composed- which of course is the point.

The 2021 Berock Heritage Wine is a great expression of this site.  Black cerry, chocolate, spice, leather and tobacco are front and center.  This dark, virile Zinfandel-based field blend packs a serious punch.  There's plenty of detail and nuance behind all of that intensity.  Thw 2021 is a big wine, but also less monolithic than some previous editions.  There's a bit more whole cluster in the 2021 than in the past, so perhaps that explains the wine's nuance.  The 2021 is one of the best wines I have ever tasted from the Bedrock vineyard, and I say that as someone who is not yet fully convinced of the potential here.  Antonio Galloni