Rebecca's Vineyard Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, pan-seared salmon
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from one of the oldest surviving Pinot Noir plantings in the Russian River Valley, Rebecca's Vineyard was established in 1970 in the cool, fog-swept Sebastopol Hills. Bedrock Wine Co. crafts this single-vineyard bottling from these ancient, dry-farmed vines rooted in classic, free-draining Goldridge sandy loam soils. Unlike the intensely fruit-forward styles often associated with modern California Pinot Noir, the old vines of Rebecca's Vineyard yield a wine of ethereal elegance, bright natural acidity, and complex savory depth. Winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW employs traditional, low-intervention techniques, including native yeast fermentation and a thoughtful portion of whole clusters, followed by aging in mostly used French oak. This minimalist approach coaxes out the vineyard's signature perfume of wild strawberries, orange peel, black tea, and forest floor, offering a rare, historic window into the early days of Sonoma Pinot Noir.
🍾 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.