Tasting Notes 46 found

I had sat on my last bottle of this for 7 years since last drinking it. I have no more but wish that I did. Still in a good place. (148 views)

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This was the best Bedrock red I've ever had, and the oldest. A fantastic zin blend that is full-bodied and retains lift with acid and earth. This wine is full-bodied and dense with structure. (866 views)

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Corked, sadly. (1022 views)

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I am not sure of the grapes used here, but it sure tastes like Petite Sirah. Dark and youthful, with black fruits, tar, smoke and grilled pepper steak. Still holding on to its tannic structure. It seems like this could easily age for decades more. (1209 views)

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Pours black as midnight. Floral, peppery, smokey nose of dark black fruits. Full throttle palate exploding with brambly blackberry/blueberry fruit, tar, ripe plum, bay leaf and very perfumed aromas/flavors of violets. Thick chewy tannins a testament to the fact that this is going nowhere fast. Probably an immortal wine, though I will never find out since this was my second and last bottle. Go big or go home. (1604 views)

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Super interesting (1327 views)

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Dark core with ruby rim. Nose is briar fruits and a bit of creosote. Palate is round and full with notes of raspberry, pomegranate and tar. Firm tannins on the medium plus finish. Drinking really nicely now but has another 3 to 5 years at a minimum. (1556 views)

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Very nice. Deep, dark, rich fruit, but balanced and easy to drink. (1336 views)

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Nose of iron, red clay, blackberry. Palate includes cinnamon, black plum, pomegranate. Finish is long with a lingering warmth. (1186 views)

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My bottle had a little chocolate milk getting over-the-hill element to it. Stored on the bottom shelf in a wine cabinet in a garage ranging temp 49-61 degrees over the year, so maybe a little accelerated. Very nice wine but I wish I had opened this a year ago when I first had my eye on it. (1307 views)

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PnP. Got better with some air dark fruit with old world complexity. Wonderful. (1431 views)

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Big and rich with oak and spice accents. Not really my style. (1533 views)

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This wine is really singing. It definitely needed the ageing I gave it to show its best. Wish I had more. (1976 views)

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Prime time. No longer a need to wait on these. Fantastic, smoke/bacon nose with a hint of stems. Sweet dark fruits with just enough tannins for bite and balance. Smoked/peppered meats join in with air. Leans more cool climate Syrah in flavor, but that would be too simple of a description for this gem. Lots going on. Slightly sweet, smoke, tar, pepper, earth. A lovely bottle. Morgan, please make these again. Please, please, please. (1942 views)

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Pop and pour, this got better with air, but was really drinking well. The nose is nice. Earthy. Some roasted meat notes. Lots of black raspberries. Seems like a lot of Syrah and Mourvedre but who knows. A bit of spice as well. A long life left but getting closer to mature. Plenty of fruit. Outstanding. (2097 views)

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Last bottle i opened was four years ago. It has integrated more. Still inky black. Loss of that overly tannic component. Nice fruit.

Ready to drink. (1742 views)

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On the more restrained & subtle side of Zin/black grape field blends, this is a lovely wine that seems to share something in common with Bordeaux while still using unique California fruit. (1499 views)

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Better as the night went on. Thick and chewy. Great aromatics. Drank with Darrell - he loved it! (1910 views)

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Super dark fruit with smoke, tar and great finish (1888 views)

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C'mon - Crazy good!! Heed the others advice and give her air, plenty of air. Depth and fluid in the glass. Dark fruit, tar, earth. lovely finish. Bang! (2372 views)

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Pop 'n pour - consumed with Italian Christmas dinner of Lasagna and Chicken Piccata. Really good from the get-go. Big wine but not crossing over the line into jammy. Noticeable oak, but unobtrusive and integrated. Great depth of fruit and concentration with really enjoyable flavors. Probably the best Bedrock I've tried for my palate. Note that this bottle was not stored ideally (due to large bottle size), but in a relatively cool and dark partially underground location (temp probably did not get above 72 degrees or so). (2187 views)

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Poured through Vinturi into decanter for approx. 30 min. ... The tannins here are sweet, but the fruit is a little muted. There is smoke, and a little spice, and tart acid pop to close. This showed better on day two, with the heat dissipating totally, and the fruit showing brighter than the tannins, leading me to think it could still use another year or so in the bottle. (2529 views)

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Came together really nicely after a one-hour decant. Good fruit and sweet tannins made this an enjoyable bottle. Drink or hold. (2393 views)

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Dark fruits, baking spices, earth and some tree bark are the dominant flavors in this wine which still comes across as youngish yet drinkable with some vigorous swirling. (2415 views)

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Still too young but in a better place than I expected. Inky purple color. Dark fruit/berries (blueberry, blackberry), pepper. Coats the mouth. Seemed to close up about two hours after it was opened. Needs another year to fully come together. Another great offering from Bedrock. (2787 views)

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May have had this too early. At the moment it is a satiny, fruit-forward wine with mouth-coating blueberry and huckleberry aromas and flavors. A bit of smoke and flowers in the aromas too. Fine grained, integrated tannins. Very nice wine and I will be ordering multiple bottles of this in future allocations. Distinctive. (2595 views)

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A year later and still very consistent with my notes from last year. I would hold off on opening for a few more years to hit the right window. It's still too young, which is kind of crazy to say but true. It's still delicious now - but will be better. (2307 views)

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Cassis, blackberry, plum and pepper in the nose, moderate tannin, long finish (2338 views)

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All Blacks, indeed. A heavyweight that needs 2-3 hrs decant before it is approachable. Purple-black and opaque. Dense and mouth-coating on the palate. Blueberry, blackberry, pepper, and smoked meat. Massive finish. (2710 views)

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Great wine. Pop and poured but the wine could definitely use air to open up. Bold flavors bit very balanced. (1953 views)

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As the other notes attest, this wine is still a beast. Opened my first of two bottles. In the first 15 minutes, its nothing but tannin. By the end of our meal, say 1 hour later, it started to open up and be fairly enjoyable. Its hard to tell where this wine is going to end up. Is it enjoyable now? Yes, but give it a half day decant. But, like I recall MTP saying, this wine is meant to grow old, so bury it in the back of your cellar. (3163 views)

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If you want a meal open this wine, dark and chewy, this wine is dense! Blueberry, pepper, and tobacco drive the favors in your mouth, with a solid finish albeit still slightly tannic held. This is just a big bold beast with years to grow. (2643 views)

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A heady wine, brimming with blueberry, cherry, plum, pepper, rose, pepper. Fantastic. Each layer seemed to be revealed over time, as wine evolved in the glass. Wish I had more. (3083 views)

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Drink if you must, but patience will be rewarded. This is really dark. A hint of heat for the first few minutes that faded away. Really smooth going down. Could I have tasted a little mocha after 2 hours?? Delicious. Went well with BBQ steak in the Hamptons. (3121 views)

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Aptly named, so dark it's as close to black as any bottle I've seen. Aromatic sweet tobacco leaf & fresh cut, pungent Spring flowers. Medium sweet with full body. Powerful flavors of ripe, petite red & black wild berries. (3021 views)

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Inky purple color with violet, cassis, blackberry, plum and pepper aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied with medium+ acidity, very smooth texture, and well integrated tannins It shows blackberry, cassis, and a kiss of spiced licorice flavors. Long finish. Still young, but already well structured and damn tasty! Zinfandel, Alicante Bouschet and Petite Sirah. (2687 views)

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Popped 2-3 hrs prior to tasting. Inviting nose of dust*, black raspberry, a bit of alcohol which faded over time. In the mouth, yummy brambly red fruit, pepper, and a nice bit of tannin. Drinking nicely now but plenty of structure bodes well for patient cellaring. Delicious. Will revisit with NY strip.
*by dust I mean that smell when it rains after a long dry spell. One of the greatest smells in my memory FWIW. (2709 views)

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Inky black? Yes it is. But also very young. I wanted to love this but I only like it and also believe it needs at least two more years. Very tannic at this point, so much my tongue puckered. Was a bit better the second day. (2575 views)

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Inky black, but oh so elegant. The greatest Zinfandel I have ever had. Why did Morgan only make 90 cases of this wine? (2947 views)

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Incredibly smooth for being so young. Very tasty, I wish I had bought more. (3312 views)

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14.8% alcohol. Morgan calls this wine "Papa's All-Blacks." I think of this wine as "Collaboration." A collaboration of three of California's greatest historic vineyards - Bedrock, Monte Rosso and Sellwagen. A collaboration of field-blend, mixed-black grape varieties (I'm guessing Zin based accompanied by the usual suspects - Mourved, Petite, Carignane ...). A father and son collaboration between Joel and Morgan. Morgan doesn't seem to be content to make delicious wines, he trades in delicious wines with a "story"!

Deep purple in color. Expressive red and black fruit aromas. On the palate, black cherry, with blueberry overtures, livened by black pepper and chocolate. Long aftertaste. Extremely well mannered and balanced with great concentration and complexity.

Terrific, but I probably drank this prematurely, should be reaching its peak around 2014-16. (3795 views)

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Very nice fruit forward syrah with nice meaty backbone. Best Bedrock syrah that I've ever had. Lots of upside. (3245 views)

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Smokey nose accented by plum, pepper, blackberry, lots of petite sirah structure. Needs time but will be magnificent. 93+
Bedrock Winemaker Dinner with Morgan Twain-Peterson at The Breslin, New York, NY (3578 views)

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Excellent field blend, but needs time. Recommend at least 60 minutes of decant time if you drink now, or 1-2 years in the bottle. Note to self: hold last bottle until 2015 at least. (4156 views)

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This is a fantastic wine that needs a long decant. On pop and pour, white pepper on back palate is overwhelming: everything integrates at 12 hour+ decant, and this becomes a massive, complex beauty - very structured with wonderful black fruits. (3482 views)

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PnVnD let air for 1hr. Dark purple red almost saturated with a garnet rim. Blackberry and black cherry with mineral notes on the nose. Medium(+) with velvety but grippy black tea and ripe fruit skin tannin. Bright black fruit flavors with ripe cherry juice and a refreshing black raspberry and mineral finish. Lingering finish. Good acid balance keeps everything in balance. I have just committed vinous infanticide but it was worth it. Really opened up and improved over the several huors it was consumed. Simply delicious and will always wish there was more to get. (3703 views)

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