Monte Rosso Vineyard Zinfandel
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, slow-roasted lamb shanks, or wild boar ragu.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched high in the Mayacamas Mountains within the Moon Mountain District of Sonoma Valley, the historic Monte Rosso Vineyard is one of California's most legendary viticultural treasures. First planted in the 1880s by Emmanuel Goldstein, the vineyard is famous for its striking, iron-rich red volcanic soils and high elevation. Bedrock Wine Co. crafts this exceptional Zinfandel from some of the oldest head-trained vines on the property. The high altitude and cool mountain breezes preserve remarkable natural acidity, balancing the intense, concentrated flavors of wild blackberry, dark cherry, and cracked black pepper. Fermented with native yeasts and aged in primarily used French oak, this wine beautifully showcases the signature mineral drive, structural power, and rustic elegance characteristic of this historic site.
🍾 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.