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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 22 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rieslinghoarder on 11/5/2021 & rated 94 points: Tasted side-by-side with 2007 Bedrock Lorenzo's Heirloom in our monthly wine tasting group. Pop n' pour per Chris Cottrell's recommendations.
Blackberry, black cherry, and hints of citrus and coffee on the nose. The palate bursts with high-toned black fruits and a touch of orange peel, but with some time in the glass there are red fruited notes like raspberry and cherry liqueur as well. This wine is more polished on the nose and palate than Lorenzo's, with silky tannins that provide great structure in addition to the wine's fresh acidity.
Like the Lorenzo's, this wine is still a puppy and I'm amazed by how primary the fruit still is. I think in another 5 years this wine will be at its apogee as the tannins recede. Will see how it shows on night 2. (868 views) | | | Tasted by *Vine* on 4/12/2019: Brief impressions:
Red fruits (raspberry/strawberry), anise, menthol, root vegetables. Smooth as silk, beautifully integrated and in the zone - just a lovely bottle of wine. GOTTA LOVE THE CAPSULE! Haha. (998 views) | | | Tasted by RichEB1 on 4/12/2019 & rated 93 points: Mmmm. This is awesome. In an ideal place right now, with the acidity playing perfectly with the fruit. High toned citrus with purple fruits. Drinking so well, but theres still some tannin left on the finish hinting at 5+ years more of development. Later in the night this opened up even further with an awesome and very distinct note of menthol. Alex said fresh pack of Newports, which being a Newport smoker back in high school (#BadChoices), I completely agreed with. A very close 2nd place for WOTN to the 11 Puccini Zin, and an absolutle home run considering this was Morgan's first vintage. 1 left that I'll hold for some time. (1073 views) | | | Tasted by Silveradoup on 7/5/2015 & rated 95 points: In such a great place, had this with BBQ smoked ribs. Amazing combo! (2249 views) | | | Tasted by Silveradoup on 6/12/2015 & rated 96 points: Don't know why people rate this so low. This is a great show in of what bedrock is all about. If you have it, drink it and have your mind blown. (2188 views) | | | Tasted by JuliannaDHS on 4/8/2014 & rated 88 points: A very dry Zin, not a fruit bomb at all. Dark fruit was there, but not in a jammy way at all. I would not have guessed this was a zin, probably would have guessed a Syrah. (2227 views) | | | Tasted by GrapeScott on 3/22/2012 & rated 88 points: Tasted in a mini-flight with the '08 Lorenzo's and '10 Monte Rosso. This was Morgan's first effort at this wine, and IMO it suffered from being a bit simple and overripe, lacking the subtlety and nuance of his more recent vintages. My least favorite of these three wines. Ripe, a bit hot on the nose, slightly one-dimensional zinberry fruit, resolved tannins. Drink up.
Bedrock Winemaker Dinner with Morgan Twain-Peterson at The Breslin, New York, NY (3144 views) | | | Tasted by gordoyflaca on 1/4/2012 & rated 93 points: This is really good stuff, well balanced, rich dark red fruits, spices, black raspberry and dark cherry (3324 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 11/6/2011 & rated 92 points: Bedrock Pickup Day Tasting (Tantalus Winery, Sonoma, California): Dark ruby color; tart berry, brambly, light creosote, rich black fruit nose; tasty, rich, tart black fruit, mineral, briary, inky palate with sweet tannins; starting to open; medium-plus finish (from a field blend planted in 1828 with about 50% Zinfandel, 20% Carignan and a total of about 22 black varieties; 40% new oak) (3378 views) | | | Tasted by cbkamp on 6/24/2011 & rated 90 points: Dark wine. On the nose...very sweet blackberry, mocha, menthol and other spices. Nice mouthfeel and not overly concentrated. Blackberry with spice on the palate - easy tannins. Not a complex wine but a definite crowd pleaser. (2880 views) | | | Tasted by Riezin on 5/1/2011: Nat cork. An initial whiff of manure blew off quickly, giving way to berry compote, rhubarb, and red licorice. Initial impression of true sweetness on palate and round in the mouth, bit of glycerin, dark choc, dark fruit and bramble. Shari got Dr Pepper. A true Zinfandel but very big and this good wine struggles to tame the huge alcohol its carrying. (3035 views) | | | Tasted by Why Yes on 3/26/2011: This wine has heft and density, but is not overdone in any way. Plenty of fruit and texture but currently this wine's character is hiding behind its oak. Good things ahead for this bottle, but now is not the time.
I love what Bedrock is doing with these "heirloom" bottlings. One of the more interesting projects going in Sonoma county right now. (2679 views) | | | Tasted by Cashious on 12/25/2010 & rated 89 points: Crowd pleaser. (2099 views) | | | Tasted by Spencer on 6/9/2009 & rated 88 points: Perhaps this is just a bit closed down, but this wine lacked the complexity and depth of the other Bedrock wines I have recently opened. Very well made and balanced though - quite reminiscent of a Ridge Lytton Estate. I'll let my remaining bottle rest for a few years. (2842 views) | | | Tasted by joraesque on 5/8/2009 & rated 88 points: A blend of "Zinfandel, Carignane, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Barbera and numerous other mixed blacks from vines planted as far back as 1888". Just like they were making it back in the old days, before Prohibition. A counterpoint to today's popular style of unabashed Zinfandel bottlings. Will probably improve with another 1-2 years of cellaring. 88+ (2720 views) | | | Tasted by JuliannaDHS on 4/18/2009 & rated 89 points: Nose was mostly closed after a pop and pour. Dark fruit on the pallet, but pretty strong tannins. I think it will be better in a year. (2869 views) | | | Tasted by BedrockMorgan on 3/31/2009 & rated 94 points: Big, bright, and perfumey with lots of spice and good oak. Though large this wine shows good balance and restraint with plenty of rich fruit and excellent spice. Nice! (3351 views) | | | Tasted by JorgeH on 3/16/2009 & rated 87 points: NY Berserkers Dinner @ Café Cortadito (210 E. 3rd St., NYC): Sweet & spice. Plum and raspberry notes. In the mouth it's soft and sweet with similar plum and red fruit flavors. Nice. (3694 views) | | | Tasted by xwine on 2/24/2009: Medium to dark garnet, with purple highlights. Cherry, spice and graham cracker nose, with a bit of dust. Quite nice, with juicy acidity, bright berry fruit, but some heat on the mid-palate; sizeable, but not overdone. (2918 views) |
| Bedrock Wine Co. Producer website2007 Bedrock Wine Co. The Bedrock HeirloomThe inaugural release of the Bedrock Wine Co. is a classic California field blend. Composed of Zinfandel, Carignane, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Barbera and numerous other mixed blacks from vines planted as far back as 1888, the Bedrock Heirloom Wine is as distinctly Californian as it gets. Though as firmly rooted in California as the vines are in our vineyard’s red, cobbly, soil, this wine is made to stand next to the greatest field blends in the world—those of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. As such, a premium is put on richness, balance, spice, and integrated oak components. In 2007, I used 40% new French oak from a range of forests. Outside of the big mamer-jammer, 600 Liter, demi-muid from Taransaud, I used the Burgundian coopers of Claude Gillet, Cadus, and Rousseau in an attempt to highlight the wine’s perfume and spice components while lessening the inprint of oak flavor. Typical of Sonoma Valley, this year’s wine features a dazzling aromatic profile of crushed red berries, kirsch, pumpkin pie spice, bright, clarified, fruit flavors and rich structural components imparted by the mixed blacks which ground the wine and indicate that it will age gracefully for 8-10 years.
$35 | Limited, 185 cases produced.Red Blend.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma ValleySonoma County, California, is one of the most important winegrowing regions in the whole of the United States. Vines have been planted here since the 1850s and, apart from the inevitable hiatus brought about by Prohibition, the county's relationship with wine has been prolific and unbroken.
Viticulturally speaking, Sonoma County is divided into three distinct sections: Sonoma Valley, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast. Each of these has its own AVA title and encompasses several sub-AVAs within its boundaries. |
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