Gibson Ranch Grenache Gris
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork loin, grilled salmon, charcuterie board
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic Gibson Ranch in Mendocino County's McDowell Valley, this singular wine is sourced from some of the oldest Grenache Gris vines in existence, planted in 1896. Grenache Gris is a rare, dusky-skinned mutation of Grenache. Bedrock Wine Co. honors this ancient vineyard by crafting a wine that coaxes incredible depth from these dry-farmed, head-trained old vines. To capture the grape's unique personality, the fruit undergoes minimal intervention, often utilizing brief skin contact or gentle pressing which imparts a striking, pale copper-salmon hue. The resulting wine is celebrated for its remarkable texture, vibrant acidity, and complex aromatic profile of wild alpine strawberries, orange peel, and crushed gravel minerality, standing as a living testament to California's rich viticultural history.
🍾 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.