Sherman's Gold Zinfandel
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
slow-smoked barbecue beef brisket, grilled rosemary lamb chops, aged cheddar cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The historical roots of Bedrock Vineyard run deep into California's colorful past, tracing back to 1851 when Civil War Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and Joseph Hooker purchased the land. While they did not strike literal gold on the property, the true treasure lay in the iron-rich, gravelly clay loam soils of the Sonoma Valley. Bedrock Wine Co. pays homage to this heritage with wines that capture the essence of these historic soils. Typically crafted from ancient, head-trained Zinfandel vines, often co-fermented with traditional field-blend companions like Carignan, Mourvèdre (Mataro), and Alicante Bouschet, this style of red wine is fermented with native yeasts and aged in French oak barrels. The result is a beautifully structured, complex Zinfandel that balances rich, dark brambly fruit with vibrant acidity, cracked black pepper, and a distinct mineral undertone reflecting its historic terroir.
🍾 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.