12/27/2023 - Mr.Overhill wrote:

More subdused than I was expecting, solid fruit and a decent rhone flavored mid palate (wish it had more black pepper and barnyard) with nicely blended tannins. I believe I might have overpaid though at $32 (warehouse style store) since the comm average is $7 lower.

One small dig here - why exactly is this bottle labelled as "caliifornia." Sounds like there's some Lodi or Central Vallley fruit in this wine. Sorry but between Sonoma and Napa there should be plenty of areas that could be sourced to make this one an 85% designation eligible bottle.

12/23/2023 - joet626 wrote:

slightly corked nose. Wine was OK, nothing special. Was well-balanced and smooth mouthfeel but not much fruit

12/6/2023 - Ridgerunner Likes this wine:

Really caught off guard by this wine. No memory of it. Wonderful in the glass but cloaked in mystery as to origin.

7/6/2023 - SH Wu wrote:

Corky! The first corky Bedrock ever experienced.

2/16/2023 - forceberry wrote:

14,5% alcohol.

Dense, youthful and fully opaque purplish-black color. The nose feels closed, earthy and dull with underwhelming aromas of sweet blackberry jam, some dusty notes, a little bit of boysenberry marmalade and a hint of alcohol. There's nothing much going on in the nose. The wine feels dry, understated and a bit soft on the palate with a full body and reticent, somewhat primary flavors of blackberry marmalade, some dusty notes of earth, a little bit of candied primary fruit and a hint of sweet, sunny dark fruit. The wine is medium-to-moderately high in acidity with quite tough and assertive tannins that bring in welcome firmness to balance out the softness in the body. The finish is rich, juicy and quite grippy with a dull and rather short aftertaste of dusty earth, some boysenberry, a little bit of meaty umami, a hint of cherry marmalade and a touch of earth. The high alcohol makes the wine end on a rather hot note.

Most likely the wine was ever-so-slightly corked. Nobody noticed any obvious TCA aromatics, but the muted fruit flavors and somewhat earthy-and-dusty overall feel made us think the wine wasn't in a sound condition and most likely was suffering from a minute amount of TCA, making the wine just dull and underwhelming without making it appear overtly flawed. What a disappointment.

2/25/2023 - brasstab wrote:

Kinda terrible. Muted nose, non-existent middle, wild peppery finish. More foul than fish.

2/19/2023 - Neras wrote:

I am in tears. The bottle was corked!

1/29/2023 - Josch48 wrote:

All physical presentation aside, nose is negligible and the mouthfeel, and flavor profile is thin, lacking in fruit and surprisingly disappointing. Not worthy of one half of the the price point. Buy the less expensive and exponentially better Old Vine Zinfandel from this producer.

11/27/2022 - oldfxguy wrote:

Corked

6/14/2022 - PSUSteve wrote:

My first corked bottle of Bedrock

4/30/2022 - joraesque wrote:

Hasn't aged well. All the original crunchy fruit aromatics have now mostly faded away, leaving somewhat of a void… drink up. 12.5% ABV.
88-89

12/9/2021 - Kamu1979 wrote:

Wine is past its prime or a bad bottle. Musty like Grandma’s basement. This bottle was undrinkable. Sad for this as it is a very nice wine.

9/6/2021 - Cow Town Likes this wine:

Drank with a diverse group of about 10 wines. This came across as good, but a touch sweet. Color was super purple (some commented “mega purple?”, which we all knew wasn't the case, but it still had that uber-vibrant color on an 8-year old wine). Ultimately, a good wine, but not the best Papera I have had or the best of what Bedrock can do.

7/23/2021 - joet626 wrote:

Had a corked smell

4/7/2021 - mjf@ulkner wrote:

corked

2/20/2021 - River Rat wrote:

Pop n pour and let sit for an hour to get some air. Dusty, earthy, with aroma of freshly crushed stone. Straight forward dark fruit, boysenberry, marionberry, black pepper spice. Mouth drying texture that I attribute to acid rather than tannin because it’s very up front. Then the young tannins kick in and cut the fruit off in an abrupt finish. Recork and check back in the next evening.
Day 2, a musty kinda mildew-like funk on the nose. Fruit is still walled off and the palate is pretty shut down. Petite has taken over for the most part. The berry fruit from yesterday is hidden and it’s showing some heat and bitterness on the finish. I mean there’s some fruit there but this should be showing more complexity based on what’s in it and it’s still just straight forward. Not sure what to make of this wine. Perhaps it just needs more time. I won’t be in a hurry to open my other bottle.

2/21/2021 - tenor12bucks wrote:

Cork was dry and crumbled. Wine smelled of sour milk.

2/18/2020 - Sonoma-W wrote:

1st of two bottles was corked

7/28/2020 - klezman wrote:

Corked. No real fruit going on. Even though I'm not getting a distinct corked smell, my wife is. Her TCA threshold is lower than mine. Bummer, as this is the only bottle I had.

4/11/2020 - D.Callahan wrote:

Little to no nose and no fruit on the palate. Second bottle of the night that was corked. The other was a Force Majeure.

9/18/2018 - spicy1 Does not like this wine:

Flawed. I like the idea of Bedrock winery--buying up old vineyards to save them from development and buying grapes from the best growers but I have been having a run of mostly mediocre to poor bottles lately. This bottle seems to be infected with cork taint--that moldy taste that doesn't go away even on night three. I am thinking I will hold off buying any more wines from them until they deal with it. Not having similar problems with Carlisle, Ridge, River-Marie, Paul Hobbs even though they all get the same storage.

4/26/2018 - spicy1 Does not like this wine:

Lot of good reviews on this bottle so I don't know if I have a flawed bottle or what the story is. Had this over three nights. Really undrinkable on night one, almost so on night two and on night three is became an 82. I taste alcohol, chemical, and heat with just enough black fruit to make it drinkable.

11/25/2017 - snarfglk wrote:

Did not seem very fruity or exuberant as most zins do; maybe an off bottle.

11/24/2017 - lvjohn Does not like this wine:

Tasted quite odd with overly acidic finish. The nose was off with petrol and medicinal odors as well. Not much fruit to speak of either. Worst Bedrock bottle ever. (The cork was fine and the wine showed no signs of being corked)

9/25/2017 - Nashwine Does not like this wine:

We love Zins and this was e other a bad bottle or we don't like it. It smelled ok. It tasted like wood (pine) (not in a good way).

9/28/2017 - Mootsie wrote:

Corked
Even with the wet cardboard you can still taste the deep spice. Wish Morgan would make these again.

6/6/2017 - bound4er wrote:

Just not digging this tonight - extremely rare performance for a Bedrock wine. Nose gives up some cherry, alcohol and a hint of off-putting sulfur funk. Comes across thin on the palate with some dusty cherry and not much else. Have no idea if this is a flawed bottle or if this is indicative of what's to come with the remaining bottles in my cellar. I hope the former.

5/14/2017 - Swaggering Beaunie Does not like this wine:

Overrated by others here. I taste alcohol, tannins, and acid, but no fruit.....another bland saignee. Its popularity is a mystery to me.

6/11/2016 - wineaux2 wrote:

Last Bedrock Evangelho I had was the '11, and this one was a complete departure in style. This wine had none of the wonderful crunchy red berries and lively acidity of the '11. Instead, the '13 had low acidity with dark red fruits that were flat, muddled and a bit roasted. Two very different vintages of course but still underwhelmed by this wine based on its own merits.

5/20/2016 - B Paul wrote:

Corked.

5/7/2016 - dky wrote:

corked....bummer. one of two bottles so hope for better luck next time.

3/5/2016 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Poured blind, as part of a 3 wine 2011 Papera zinfandel flight. Of the three wines (the other two being Carlisle and Williams Selyem), this finished last place for me by a good distance. Why? For one, it tasted and looked aged. By first guess was some kind of older zin, like something 10 years of age, say 2006 vintage. It had a roasted, mulled quality, tasting tired. There was also a spearmint gum note to me in the finish, like a stick of Doublemint was flavored into it. Surprising, as given the vintage and the skill of Bedrock, I would not have expected this but again, this was served blind and my notes were honest to what was behind the foil.

5/25/2015 - silton wrote:

Taken to Scratch for happy hour and poured around the table before I tried it and realized it was corked. There was so much fruit in the original wine that it remained drinkable, I'd give it an 70 and the rest of the table maybe an 80-85 if they thought in those terms. Would have been another extroverted Syrah masterpiece from Bedrock but became just an alcoholic beverage.

5/26/2015 - Stumpy wrote:

Corked. Poured down the drain..

3/12/2015 - Sauvyfan Does not like this wine:

The nose on this was almost non-existent, and it was astringent on the palate. Looking at other notes, this could have been an off bottle.

3/9/2015 - vesteroid wrote:

I have been purchasing bedrock since the 2009 vintage. When I first tried the wines based off the fantastic reviews I found at WB, I thought they were just young. I decided to start putting them away as soon as they arrived and not touching them for at least 2 years. As I have accumulated more than a few bottles, I wanted to start drinking some and thought this wine would be "Safe" Popped and decanted for several hours. At first I get big, black fruit and lots of it, with a semi strong tannic background/structure. But at mid palate I seem to get this tart acidity. Its a stark contrast to the initial impression and not complimentary in my opinion. The wife and I followed this wine over several hours and the tartness did die down, but what was left was just not showing me what all the hype says about this maker. I think I have come to the realization Bedrock simply not my style. Sad now that I have so many bottles.

1/20/2015 - Griffeyfan04 wrote:

Very uninteresting and not hitting it for me. No real acidity to speak of, some white flower and mild lemon grass flavor. After seeing notes on CT i was a bit underwhelmed. Which stinks because I have had a few Bedrock wines and have been impressed. Perhaps something was off

1/15/2015 - pakabear wrote:

This was corked unfortunately, I was really looking forward to this one… :(

1/15/2015 - spidersva Likes this wine:

Purposely not scoring this. REALLY interesting bottle - thought it was borderline corked on day 1. Let it sit. Day 2 started to come around. Let it sit. Day 3 it was really tasty, and wished I'd left more for Day 3. Not sure what to make of all that...someone more wine savvy than I please jump in and tell people when to drink this wine...

11/16/2014 - BklynNeophyte wrote:

I'll wait to describe until my next bottle. Very nice but tasted a bit tired. Bought at auction so I don't know provenance

10/28/2014 - 1997cobalt Likes this wine:

tangy and a bit bitey on first go at it. Has pleasant aroma but gives hint of mustiness at time. Fruit is good

10/26/2014 - kultcha wrote:

No formal notes taken but from memory: Deep purple colour. Nice nose. Nice middle weight palate, light tannins, good acidity. Very primary flavours with a lot going on, not sure the blend of grapes in this heritage blend but it definitely keeps things interesting. A bit sweet but enjoyable. Decent finish and balanced overall. Definitely true to past bottles of Dolinsek vineyard.

10/17/2014 - marka wrote:

Disappointing, big time. This bottle was dead. Not flawed, just dead. Too bad as it was my last 2012 and I loved these. They are much better than the 2013 at this point.

7/31/2014 - B Paul wrote:

Corked

6/1/2014 - wineotim wrote:

Nice wine, very primary, simple blue fruit, short on finish. Bought this wine based on the 93-95 point reviews from others on CT. I have found the $25 Bedrock wines more appealing. I expected more density, and depth. So ends my Bedrock purchases.

5/29/2014 - wineotim wrote:

Hot, light, and lean. Unbalanced acidity. There is some tart rasberry fruit, but this is my first disappointing Bedrock wine. An expensive mistake. Avoid.

5/26/2014 - Foster wrote:

Corked! A shame, wine beneath seemed nice.

3/26/2014 - wiscgrad wrote:

closed down at first, but after warming up in the decanter, really began to shine. would never think this was California zin, but it was delicious. more pinot like than anything

3/26/2014 - Wine Sparty wrote:

Decanted and drank over two hours. Bottom line is this needs time, probably 2-3 years. Heavy oak on the nose. Can get some blackberry and plum in the aroma, but it is heavily covered by the oak. The taste is pretty much consistent. It developed a bit more after two hours, but still nowhere near where you would want it to be. Don't drink this, and I can't give it a score now.

2/28/2014 - fullpour wrote:

I'd like Bedrock a lot more if they bottled under Stelvin. Sadly, this bottle suffered from low-level cork taint - ugh.