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2020 Bedrock Wine Co. Heritage Wine Nervo Ranch
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One of the team’s favorite wines of the vintage, this is a classic expression of Nervo Ranch. Though Zinfandel makes up a chunk of the wine, it is the other varieties here—the ones that make this a heritage wine rather than a zinfandel—that sing lead in the choir. The dense and feral Petite Sirah, the structured but perfumed Grenache, the white pepper-laced Negrette, the spice and exoticness of Trousseau are all here, channeled by the meager, decomposed shale that defines the hills southwest of Geyserville. Tasting through previous vintages, we’ve discovered that Nervo is one of the slowest developing wines we make; the 2013 and 2014 vintages are just cracking their cocoons of youth and showing the detail on unfurling wings. That said, the improved farming and soil health has changed some of the more austere characteristics of the earlier vintages, resulting in a wine that will still age for years but is more graceful in its youth. The 2020 will still undoubtedly take some time to knit but will bring great rewards.
One of the team’s favorite wines of the vintage, this is a classic expression of Nervo Ranch. Though Zinfandel makes up a chunk of the wine, it is the other varieties here—the ones that make this a heritage wine rather than a zinfandel—that sing lead in the choir. The dense and feral Petite Sirah, the structured but perfumed Grenache, the white pepper-laced Negrette, the spice and exoticness of Trousseau are all here, channeled by the meager, decomposed shale that defines the hills southwest of Geyserville. Tasting through previous vintages, we’ve discovered that Nervo is one of the slowest developing wines we make; the 2013 and 2014 vintages are just cracking their cocoons of youth and showing the detail on unfurling wings. That said, the improved farming and soil health has changed some of the more austere characteristics of the earlier vintages, resulting in a wine that will still age for years but is more graceful in its youth. The 2020 will still undoubtedly take some time to knit but will bring great rewards.