Nervo Ranch Heritage
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb chops, wild boar ragu, grilled portobello mushrooms
✨ Technical Specifications
The Nervo Ranch Heritage Red is born from one of the most dramatic and historic vineyards in Sonoma County's Alexander Valley. Originally planted in 1896 by Frank Nervo on steep, south-facing slopes of decomposed shale, this vineyard is a viticultural marvel that survived Prohibition by selling grapes for sacramental wine. Unlike many Zinfandel-dominated field blends, Nervo Ranch is distinguished by a remarkably high percentage of Negrette (historically known as Pinot St. George), alongside Zinfandel, Carignan, Alicante Bouschet, and Grand Noir. The poor, rocky soils and intense exposure yield a wine of unique character, marked by high-toned red fruit, savory dried herbs, white pepper, and a distinct mineral spine. Bedrock Wine Co. co-ferments these ancient varieties using native yeasts and ages the wine in large-format, neutral French oak barrels to preserve the singular, historic voice of this steep hillside 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.
🍇 Grapes
100% Pinot Noir