Kick Ranch Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, grilled sea bass with lemon-herb butter, goat cheese salad
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the wind-swept slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains in Sonoma County, the Kick Ranch Sauvignon Blanc is a testament to Bedrock Wine Co.'s ability to coax profound depth from unique terroirs. The Kick Ranch vineyard, located in the Fountaingrove District, is defined by its rocky, volcanic soils and the cooling marine influences that rush through the Petaluma Gap. This dramatic climate allows the Sauvignon Blanc grapes, often including the highly aromatic Sauvignon Musque clone, to ripen slowly, retaining a vibrant, electric acidity alongside rich tropical and stone fruit flavors. Winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW employs thoughtful, low-intervention cellar techniques, typically fermenting and aging the wine in a combination of neutral French oak barrels, concrete, and stainless steel. This careful regimen builds a beautifully textured mouthfeel that perfectly balances the wine's intense mineral drive and bright citrus core, resulting in a sophisticated California Sauvignon Blanc with Old World structure.
🍾 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.