Evangelho Vineyard Heritage
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2031
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled lamb chops, wild mushroom
✨ Technical Specifications
The Evangelho Vineyard Heritage is a liquid monument to California's viticultural history. Located in Antioch, Contra Costa County, this legendary vineyard was planted in the 1890s on its own roots, thriving in deep, wind-blown Delhi sand dunes that reach up to forty feet deep. Because phylloxera cannot survive in these sandy soils, these ancient, centenarian vines have survived on their original rootstocks. The field blend is dominated by Zinfandel, Carignan, and Mourvèdre, alongside trace amounts of Palomino, Alicante Bouschet, and Mission. Bedrock Wine Co. co-ferments these varieties using native yeasts and minimal intervention, capturing the unique interplay of the intense Delta sun and cooling breezes from the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. The resulting wine is remarkably bright, savory, and elegant, defying the typical heavy expectations of warm-climate Zinfandel with its striking acidity, fine-grained tannins, and deep, dark-fruit complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 2007 by Morgan Twain-Peterson MW—later joined by partner Chris Cottrell—Bedrock Wine Co. began in a converted chicken coop with an urgent viticultural ethos: preserving California's precious heritage vineyards. The winery works closely with ancient, multi-varietal field blends across diverse terroirs, including volcanic, alluvium, granitic, and decomposed limestone parcels spanning Sonoma Valley, Contra Costa County, and the Central Coast. Central to the estate's identity is the historic Bedrock Vineyard, originally planted in 1854, which achieved Regenerative Organic Certification. Bedrock champions dry farming, minimal intervention, and historic head-trained vines. In the cellar, Twain-Peterson employs spontaneous native yeast fermentation, whole-cluster inclusions, and neutral wood, studiously avoiding chemical adjustments or excessive extraction. Beyond its legendary red heritage bottlings, Bedrock crafts benchmark whites and rosés—including the perfumed Compagni Portis Heirloom White, crystalline Wirz Vineyard Riesling, and artisanal expressions of Bien Nacido Chardonnay and Ode to Lulu Rosé—each presenting remarkable tension, saline minerality, and profound historic authenticity.