The Whole Shebang Twelfth Cuvee
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled burgers, wood-fired pepperoni pizza, slow-cooked barbecue pork ribs
✨ Technical Specifications
The Whole Shebang Twelfth Cuvee is Bedrock Wine Co.’s vibrant tribute to California’s rich viticultural history, crafted as a multi-vintage red blend that defies the conventional single-vintage norm. Conceived by winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW, this cuvee is a field blend in spirit, combining old-vine Zinfandel with Carignan, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Alicante Bouschet, and other heritage varieties sourced from historic vineyards across the state. By blending different vintages, Bedrock captures both the youthful energy of recent harvests and the depth of older, barrel-aged components. Fermented with native yeasts and aged primarily in neutral French oak, this wine offers a juicy, spice-laden profile that recalls the robust, honest table wines enjoyed by California's early pioneering winemakers.
🍾 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.