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2012 Bedrock Wine Co. Heritage Wine Papera Ranch
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From release newsletter:
2012 Papera Ranch Heritage Wine: 2012 is the first vintage in the three years that I have worked with this amazing vineyard in the Piner-Olivet area of the Russian River Valley that we have been able to coferment the 40+% interplanted Carignane with the Zinfandel to create the Heritage wine: in 2010 the whole vineyard was lost to the extreme heat of August 24th, in 2011 the Carignane just never made it through the soup of October. And thank goodness we got to, as the resulting wine is a truly singular expression of old-vine goodness from the Russian River Valley. It is a bright and beautiful, youthfully rambunctious wine. This will certainly reward a year or two of time-out in the cellar though extended decanting will allow this wine to show well in the short-term. $36
2012 Papera Ranch Heritage Wine: 2012 is the first vintage in the three years that I have worked with this amazing vineyard in the Piner-Olivet area of the Russian River Valley that we have been able to coferment the 40+% interplanted Carignane with the Zinfandel to create the Heritage wine: in 2010 the whole vineyard was lost to the extreme heat of August 24th, in 2011 the Carignane just never made it through the soup of October. And thank goodness we got to, as the resulting wine is a truly singular expression of old-vine goodness from the Russian River Valley. It is a bright and beautiful, youthfully rambunctious wine. This will certainly reward a year or two of time-out in the cellar though extended decanting will allow this wine to show well in the short-term. $36