Kamen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted rack of lamb, braised beef short ribs
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the dramatic, volcanic slopes of the Moon Mountain District in Sonoma Valley, the Bedrock Wine Co. Kamen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is a masterclass in mountain viticulture. Perched high in the Mayacamas Range, the Kamen Vineyard is renowned for its steep, rocky, fractured basalt soils and extreme exposure, which force the vines to struggle and produce tiny, intensely concentrated berries. Winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW crafts this wine to highlight the site's signature wild, savory character. Typically composed of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine undergoes fermentation with native yeasts and is aged in French oak barrels. It beautifully marries rich dark fruit flavors of blackberry and cassis with complex notes of crushed volcanic rock, graphite, and wild mountain herbs, reflecting the rugged, untamed beauty of its high-altitude origin.
🍾 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.