Cuvee Karatas
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted herb-chicken, seared scallops with lemon-butter sauce, goat cheese tart
✨ Technical Specifications
Bedrock Wine Co.’s Cuv e Karatas is a brilliant homage to the classic, age-worthy dry white wines of Bordeaux’s Graves region, crafted with a uniquely Californian historical twist. This serious white blend is typically composed of S millon and Sauvignon Blanc, drawing from some of the oldest S millon vines in California, notably those planted in the late 19th century at the legendary Monte Rosso Vineyard. Winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW utilizes traditional, low-intervention techniques, including barrel fermentation and aging in French oak and acacia barrels to build a wine of incredible texture, weight, and complexity. The S millon provides a waxy, rich, and structured core with notes of lanolin and stone fruit, while the Sauvignon Blanc injects vibrant acidity and bright citrus aromatics. The name Karatas serves as a proprietary nod to historic structure and stone, representing a white wine built to challenge the red-dominated landscape of Sonoma heritage blends.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2007 by winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW, Bedrock Wine Co. is rooted in Sonoma, California, with a devoted mission to rehabilitate and preserve the state's historic old-vine vineyards. Operating out of the storied Bedrock Vineyard in Sonoma Valley—first planted in the mid-19th century—Twain-Peterson and partner Chris Cottrell champion California's viticultural heritage through minimalist, terroir-focused winemaking. The winery crafts energetic, site-expressive wines using classic heritage field blends alongside traditional varieties like Zinfandel, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Chardonnay. Renowned for vitality and authenticity, Bedrock's bottlings, particularly the iconic Bedrock Heritage and single-vineyard old-vine expressions, stand as vital benchmarks of historic California wine.