Kick Ranch Syrah
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb chops, grilled venison, or wild mushroom polenta.
✨ Technical Specifications
Bedrock Wine Co.’s Kick Ranch Syrah is a masterful expression of cool-climate, Northern Rhône-style Syrah grown in the rugged soils of Sonoma County. Situated on the western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains in the Fountaingrove District, the Kick Ranch Vineyard is defined by its gravelly, volcanic soils and the cooling marine winds sweeping through the Petaluma Gap. This unique microclimate allows the Syrah grapes to ripen slowly, developing deep complexity while retaining vibrant acidity. Winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW employs traditional, low-intervention techniques, often utilizing whole-cluster fermentation and aging in neutral French oak puncheons to emphasize the vineyard's signature profile. The resulting wine is renowned for its striking aromatic profile of cracked black pepper, smoked meats, dark plum, and wild lavender, grounded by a distinct stony minerality that reflects its mountain-slope 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.
🍇 Grapes
100% Syrah