Pato Vineyard Heritage
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, slow-braised lamb shanks, or wild mushroom risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the wind-swept, deep Delhi blow-sands of Oakley in Contra Costa County, the Pato Vineyard is a historic treasure planted in the early 20th century. Because phylloxera cannot thrive in these pure, sandy soils, these ancient vines remain own-rooted, standing as living monuments to California's viticultural past. Bedrock Wine Co. crafts this Heritage red as a traditional field blend, dominated by Zinfandel and Mataro (Mourvèdre), alongside smaller portions of Petite Sirah and Alicante Bouschet. The unique sandy terroir imparts a remarkably elegant and perfumed character to the wine, yielding bright red and dark berry fruit notes, exotic spices, and a signature fine-grained, dusty tannin structure. Fermented with native yeasts and aged in French oak, it beautifully balances rustic heritage with refined complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2007 by winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW, Bedrock Wine Co. is rooted in Sonoma, California, with a devoted mission to rehabilitate and preserve the state's historic old-vine vineyards. Operating out of the storied Bedrock Vineyard in Sonoma Valley—first planted in the mid-19th century—Twain-Peterson and partner Chris Cottrell champion California's viticultural heritage through minimalist, terroir-focused winemaking. The winery crafts energetic, site-expressive wines using classic heritage field blends alongside traditional varieties like Zinfandel, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Chardonnay. Renowned for vitality and authenticity, Bedrock's bottlings, particularly the iconic Bedrock Heritage and single-vineyard old-vine expressions, stand as vital benchmarks of historic California wine.