2017 Bedrock Wine Co. Heritage Wine Pato Vineyard
Community Tasting Note
River Rat wrote:
Saturday, February 20, 2021 - 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.
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Comment posted by tcufletch:
2/20/2021 7:27:00 PM - B - I need to make a formal note but I had this two nights ago and it was awesome; layers of fruit and flavors; I got no heat or bitterness; I do agree that after having been open for a couple of hours and on day 2, there were more animalistic characteristics likely attributed to the Petite and possibly Carignan?
Comment posted by River Rat:
2/20/2021 7:43:00 PM - I’m hedging on mine being mildly corked. I kinda picked some TCA up but couldn’t pick up anything from the cork itself so I didn’t mention anything other than the mildew note. Makes sense though.
Comment posted by BedrockMorgan:
2/21/2021 9:01:00 PM - Sounds like a corked bottle, obviously more than happy to replace when you grab your next order!
Comment posted by River Rat:
2/21/2021 11:00:00 PM - Dude, you’re awesome, thanks Morgan.