Old Vine Zinfandel
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled barbecue pork ribs, roasted lamb chops with herbs, or aged hard cheeses like Gouda and Cheddar.
✨ Technical Specifications
Bedrock Wine Co.'s Old Vine Zinfandel is a masterful tribute to California's rich viticultural history, crafted from a mosaic of historic, old-vine vineyards spread across the state, including Sonoma, Lodi, and Contra Costa. The average age of the vines contributing to this bottling often exceeds 80 years, with some dating back to the late 19th century. True to the traditional California field-blend heritage, the wine is predominantly Zinfandel but is co-fermented with a supporting cast of heritage varieties such as Carignan, Petite Sirah, Alicante Bouschet, and Grand Noir. Winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW employs minimalist intervention, utilizing native yeast fermentations and aging the wine in a mix of French oak barrels (with a very low percentage of new oak) to preserve the bright, spicy, and deeply concentrated character of these ancient vines.
🍾 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.