Heady, yet refined and polished, with boldly expressive black raspberry, orange peel and spice box flavors. This is full of additional nuances and builds toward big but fine-grained tannins. Zinfandel, Carignan and Mataro. Drink now through 2030.
Product Description:
The O.G. of Bedrock Wine Co.! These vines turned 131 years in 2018 & decided it would be a great year to turn out a relatively small crop of delicious & dense fruit. As always, the wine, though based around Zinfandel, is a field-blend of the 27 varieties found in the old vines at my family's site in the heart of Sonoma Valley, including about 20% Carignan & 5% Mataro. Like the other Sonoma Valley "Grand Cru" sites, this will definitely reward time in the decanter or a few years on its side to start showing all of its secrets. The most consistently decorated of our wines (the 2016 was the Spectator #10 wine of the year & the 2017 just got another 95), the 2018 should be another classic.---Winemakers Website
jam, blueberry, black pepper, cherry, plum, boysenberry, cranberry, licorice, strawberry, raspberry, anise, dark berry fruit, high tannin, currant and blackberry
Nose
candy, vanilla, oak, smoke, tar, musk, mushroom, violet, rose petal, spice, currant, blackberry, boysenberry, blueberry, jam, spice box, cedar and dark fruit