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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 113 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by RonT52 on 4/20/2024 & rated 92 points: Opened to let bottle have air for hour before first pour. My guests were blown away with depth of flavors as well as the finish. They had never experienced Bedrock Heritage but big fans now. (725 views) | | | Tasted by Neras on 4/14/2024 & rated 95 points: This is really in a good place! Pomegranate, mostly red berries. Fresh with gentle, rounded tannins. Keeps on lingering. Great! (787 views) | | | Tasted by westcoastwannabe on 2/3/2024 & rated 91 points: Opened for two hours (no decant). Initially remained a little closed, but over the third hour it opened nicely to develop a nice depth and finish. Some blue fruit and quite a bit of blackberry. Only drank half a bottle and am anxious to see how it continues to develop with time. (1516 views) | | | Tasted by classicalspin on 1/2/2024 & rated 91 points: Corovin'ed a glass. Really, really pretty. Has an element on the attack that kind of misdirects you, but dissipates into sweet cherry and dark cherry. Great length. You definitely will want a second and third date, and maybe consider marriage. (1687 views) | | | Tasted by ChateauShiny on 10/14/2023 & rated 95 points: You know this is going to be a good wine when you can't stop wanting to sniff the glass.
A rich and deep nose that changes every sniff. Classic zin bramble, orange peel, sweet baking spices, a bit of lime zest, pine needles/forest floor, hints of cocoa and coffee, a little bit of smoke, and a touch of burnt brown sugar.
Medium-heavy bodied, bright acidity, and just tastes like Bedrock Vineyard. Palate of blueberries, strawberries, a bit of vanilla, orange peel, sweet and spicy spices, a bit of tobacco leaf, and a hit of black pepper at the end. Moderate chewy tannins help replace the fruit with tea and black pepper.
An almost never ending finish - starts off with the tea, blueberries, and blackberries, then it starts to head down a pine needle, juniper, blood orange, and cocoa path. Then the finish persists with granite, graphite, spiced orange zest, tea, and a bit of berry skin.
I know there are many that want to hold on to these for 10+ years, and I can understand why they want to do that. But for me, this is just the right spot for me right now. (2341 views) | | | Tasted by JERB on 9/16/2023 & rated 93 points: This is delicious and interesting! One hour decant and the wine continued to open up further once in our glasses. There is something quite special about drinking wine made from vines planted in 1888, the year that "Casey At The bat" was published, the year that George Eastman received a patent on his Kodak camera. That is a long time ago for nearly anything American. Kudos to the visionary team at Bedrock who assiduously work to preserve these old vines!
The wine was a dark ruby color. The nose offered spices and red to purple fruits. The palate further defined those fruits - dark fruits; blackberries, boysenberries, a zing of orange zest and robust, yet controlled tannins. Really nice!
WS rated this wine a 95. I can't get that high. Especially when the other red wine for the evening was a 2015 Round Pond Reserve cabernet which was spectacular! (2197 views) | | | Tasted by joet626 on 9/10/2023 & rated 93 points: very good. Bordeaux-like. Not very fruity but very smooth and balanced. (2123 views) | | | Tasted by VAGenius on 7/27/2023 & rated 94 points: 45 minute decant. Nose of blackberry, black cherry, wet stones, and wisps of smoke. Racy blue fruit layers show some tartness, with acidity driving into boysenberry, gravel, and minerals as it progresses. Purple fruits appear on the finish with soft tannins, grapefruit acidity, violets, liliac, red raspberry jam, and light oak. This wine's developed nicely. (2198 views) | | | Tasted by NMSteve on 7/16/2023: Once again world class juice that sort of sneaks up on you, unassuming and somewhat simplistic and closed on opening, then with a little air and time reaches greatness in richness, complexity, and intensity. A smorgasbord of dark rich varieties. Outstanding, 4 (out of 5) easy, maybe with the potential to improve. Glad I have a few more. (2283 views) | | | Tasted by Mimesis on 5/2/2023 & rated 92 points: Now in its drinking window, this Zin-oriented field blend hits all the right notes. Brambly, rich without being cloying, great with food or on its own. I've got one more bottle that I'll let rest a couple of more years. (2408 views) | | | Tasted by Dionysusx on 4/5/2023 & rated 96 points: Bold & brooding, plenty of forest floor, stone, briars accents, licorice and even more zest! Day 2 is dramatically different…the fruit came out to shine: bright cherry, currant, blackberry while the zesty backbone supports the creaminess thet has come along for the ride on the finish. It goes on! Enjoyed this fantastic wine. (2533 views) | | | Tasted by tomlee on 1/10/2023 & rated 92 points: Purple in color. 14.6% ABV. Savory nose of black fruits, plums, leather and pepper. Medium body with ample acidity. There is notable power here but the finesse and balance can’t be overlooked. Blackberry, black cherry, iron and blood orange on the palate. The finish is long and spicy. Claret style Zinfandel that will undoubtedly age well. Best over the next 3-4 years. (3002 views) | | | Tasted by jmull on 1/1/2023 & rated 92 points: A cab drinker’s zin. Fantastic with a New Year’s brisket. (2304 views) | | | Tasted by OaktownRush on 12/31/2022: Blackberry compote / syrup, a fair amount of baking spice, dried thyme, dried/smoked oregano on the nose. The palate does have a sort of smooth rounded feel to it with the same notes as the nose. Took a while to open up, was a lot more expressive after 5 hours of air and about as good the second night as the first. Liked it but not as much as some of their other wines. (2270 views) | | | Tasted by short and confused on 7/16/2022: I found this pretty hot and alcoholic without alot of interest. Well made wine. Not stewed. But pretty big and a bit monolithic. Historically, I have been a big fan of Zins and have loved Bedrock wines in the past but I think my tastes have been evolving to cooler climate, acid driven wines for a while which may explain my lack of excitement here. (4347 views) | | | Tasted by klezman on 7/10/2022: This was fantastic over two days. Bright yet Zinny, plenty of baking spice, and this opened up nicely. My first Bedrock Heritage and it didn't disappoint. (4262 views) | | | Tasted by buymoreredsdrinkmorewhites on 5/14/2022: Red raspberry compote with a dry white pepper finish. Seems lacking fruit and very dry and one dimensional. (3607 views) | | | Tasted by 1997cobalt on 5/8/2022 & rated 91 points: Hits the spot. Drank while watching the best Derby ever. Full bodied and in a nice place now. Great finish( wine and race) (3666 views) | | | Tasted by rougeamore on 5/3/2022 & rated 92 points: This field blend of primarily zinfandel and 4 other varietals has medium intensity aromas of dark berries. On the palate, blackberries, plum with a hint of spice. The body is medium to full with soft tannins. It's drinking really nicely right now. (3832 views) | | | Tasted by Hover low 64 on 4/29/2022 & rated 93 points: This wine is still fairly young but is oh so impressive. I’d say it has subtle intensity that sneaks up on you. Fruit is THERE but isn’t in your face like many CA wines. Flavor profile is mainly blackberry and blueberry with ground black pepper and an earthiness. Velvety tannins, too, as the saying goes. Drinks more like an elegant Italian or French varietal. Can’t wait to try it again in a year or two. (3374 views) | | | Tasted by jstrovel@gmail.com on 3/27/2022 & rated 94 points: really drinking well now. No need for a decant. Pop and pour. (3589 views) | | | Tasted by dbay on 3/20/2022 & rated 89 points: Deep ruby. The nose is of medium intensity with blueberry, blackberry, vanilla, cinnamon, sweet tarragon. The palate is dry with medium acidity, medium ripe tannins, high alcohol, full body and pronounced flavor intensity. On the palate there are flavors of blueberry, blackberry, vanilla, cinnamon, sweet tarragon. The finish is medium with fruit. The wine is good with deep concentration.The alcohol is high and in balance with the fruit nature and the medium tannins are in balance with the medium acidity. The wine shows notes of black/blue fruit and oak primarily but is not complex and the finish is just medium. I would drink now or within the next 3-5 years. (3327 views) | | | Tasted by td1836 on 1/17/2022 & rated 92 points: Still tasting very young, and could have used several hours in the decanter. This has a ton of stuffing and is going to age well. Very primary right now, with a lot of structure and acidity. Give this some time...definitely an upside. (3778 views) | | | Tasted by respieth@gmail.com on 10/23/2021 & rated 90 points: Very drinkable. Strong. (4500 views) | | | Tasted by joet626 on 9/27/2021 & rated 92 points: still young. Nice dark fruits, nice finish. Took a bit to open up (4727 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond (May 2019) (5/1/2019)
(Bedrock Wine Co. The Bedrock Heritage Wine Sonoma Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Paul Zitarelli
Full Pull, Full Pull California Love (4/11/2019)
(Bedrock Wine Co. Bedrock Heritage) Hello friends. Today we have a survey of our neighbor two doors down, featuring one terrific up-and-comer working with extremely old fruit – Bedrock – and one classic of the genre: Chappellet. Wine Spectator: Copyrighted material withheld. The heart of Morgan’s winery is Bedrock Vineyard, a site planted in 1854 (!) that then had to be replanted in 1888 post-phylloxera: As always, from the 1888 plantings at my family’s vineyard planted in the heart of Sonoma Valley. This field blend of 27 varieties performed beautifully in 2017, doing exactly what a field blend should do in a warmer year: the Carignan, Mataro, Syrah, and other later-ripening varieties retained acidity and perfume even though earlier-ripening varieties like Petite Sirah and Tempranillo got a bit riper than normal. This has the trademark Bedrock spice, citrus oil/cointreau, and dark red fruits (Mulberry? Raspberry?) I would expect from our dearly beloved home vineyard. This is going to age quite well, though similar to 2015, this could be consumed slightly earlier thanks to the delicious fruit. Roughly 55% Zinfandel, 15% Carignan, 10% Mataro, and then everything else (Syrah, Alicante, Trousseau Noir, Mission… you get the point). Drink 2019-2030+. So yeah, this is a crazy field blend, featuring 27 different grape varieties, coming from vines that look like this. It’s an only-in-America, only-in-California story. All native yeast fermented and basket-pressed and raised in French oak (40% new), this clocks in at 14.6% listed alc and begins with a nose combining deep brambly fruit with wonderful savory tones of roasted herbs and tomato paste, all lifted by high-toned spice and orange-blossom notes. It’s a singular nose, truly appetizing, and it leads into a palate bursting with power and fruit intensity. I love the classy tannin structure here, the back-end chew that cries out for grilled or smoked meats. This tickles the intellectual and sensual sides of the brain in equal measure. We also have access to a miniscule number of bottles of three successive vintages of Chappellet’s crown jewel. |
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| Bedrock Wine Co. Producer website2017 Bedrock Wine Co. The Bedrock Heritagefrom release newsletter:
2017 Bedrock Heritage Wine, Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County
As always, from the 1888 plantings at my family’s vineyard planted in the heart of Sonoma Valley. This field blend of 27 varieties performed beautifully in 2017, doing exactly what a field blend should do in a warmer year: the Carignan, Mataro, Syrah, and other later-ripening varieties retained acidity and perfume even though earlier-ripening varieties like Petite Sirah and Tempranillo got a bit riper than normal. This has the trademark Bedrock spice, citrus oil/cointreau, and dark red fruits (Mulberry? Raspberry?) I would expect from our dearly beloved home vineyard. This is going to age quite well, though similar to 2015, this could be consumed slightly earlier thanks to the delicious fruit. Roughly 55% Zinfandel, 15% Carignan, 10% Mataro, and then everything else (Syrah, Alicante, Trousseau Noir, Mission,….you get the point). Drink 2019-2030+.
$39, $90 magnumUSAAmerican 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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