Community Tasting Note

• Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 points

  May 19, 2018 - 375ml bottle. At home in San Fran.
  Appearance is clear, medium intensity, purple colour. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of black peppers, white peppers, olives, brambly herbs, cedarwood, black cherries, blackberries, boysenberries, touch of vanilla. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, high alcohol (14.6%), fine smooth medium tannins that get slightly more tough textured with more air, full body. Pronounced flavour intensity, with flavours of black cherries, blackberries, boysenberries, black and white peppers, olives, cedarwood, baking spices, brambly earth, salty minerals. Long finish.
  Very good quality. Lots of complexity and depth despite it generally seeming quite soft. Certainly interesting to see how this develops over the next 5 years. Feels very much like a black fruited version of Ridge's Zinfandel blends to me.
  A blend of 19 different varieties planted at the Bedrock Vineyard since 1888. Including Zinfandel, Carignane, Mataro, Syrah and Alicante Bouschet.
  Aged in 40% new French oak.

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7 Comments

• RichEB1 commented:

  5/19/18, 2:22 PM - Awesome note, thanks so much for the early look at this one! Quick question - did you mean to put out of 375ml? Been buying Bedrock for a while and only remember 750ml and mags. Thx!

• Derek Darth Taster commented:

  5/19/18, 6:00 PM - Thanks! I mean a half bottle size (375ml). I bought it from Napa Valley Winery Exchange in San Fran.

• RichEB1 commented:

  5/19/18, 8:02 PM - Huh. Well I'll be damned - I see the 375's on winesesrcher as well. Guess I need to pay a little better attention on the next release ;) thanks again for the awesome note!

• PSUSteve commented:

  5/20/18, 6:56 PM - The 375s were not part of any release that I can remember.

• RichEB1 commented:

  5/20/18, 7:52 PM - Thank you PSUSteve! Thought I was losing my mind for a second ;)

• Derek Darth Taster commented:

  5/20/18, 9:09 PM - Is there an autheticity issue? This is exactly the 375ml bottle I bought from NVWE and drank up: http://mobile.nvwe.com/product/BEDROCK-ZIN-BEDROCK--16-375ml?sortBy=DisplayOrder&searchText=Bedrock&

• RichEB1 commented:

  5/20/18, 9:29 PM - Nah, I doubt it - looks like there's a few reputable shops selling them on wine searcher. Maybe just a retailer only thing since we dont recall them on the direct Bedrock release??

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