Bedrock Sonoma Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
The 2023 Sonoma County Cabernet is a straight-up banger of a wine for the price. Cabernet did brilliantly in the extended 2023 season, developing loads of color and richness while holding onto great freshness and perfume. Based heavily on Cabernet from Bedrock Vineyard and Lazy Dog, this also has some declassified barrels of Monte Rosso and Montecillo. Just about 90% Cabernet, it also has 6% of the richly colored and remarkably expressive Malbec from Lazy Dog and touch of Cabernet Franc from a well-known vineyard on the other side of the mountains to the east. Fermented in open-top tanks using indigenous yeasts, this was aged in smaller 225- and 228-liter barrels of which 10% were new. This showcases the wonderful perfume of currants, mulberry and cedar of classic Sonoma Valley Cabernet combined with the richness of the 2023 vintage. I think this is the best version of this wine we have made yet.
“92-94 pts - Meant to be an entry-level wine, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma County) is positively stellar. Black cherry, gravel, lavender, mocha, licorice and spice are all dialed up. In its first vintages, this bottling was made from leftovers, but in 2023 the approach is more deliberate, and it shows. Vineyard sites are Bedrock, Lazy Dog, Monte Rosso and Montecillo.”
“91 pts - Half of the fruit for the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon comes from 15 acres of the grape planted at Bedrock Vineyard, which in the past was sold to another winery. “I wanted really well farmed, organic fruit as a base for this entry-level Cabernet Sauvignon,” owner and winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson, MW says, noting that much of the rest of the fruit is declassified from the Monte Rosso and Montecillo single-vineyard Cabernets. Deep ruby-purple, it offers detailed scents of blackcurrant, blueberry, violet, juniper and thyme. The full-bodied palate is light on its feet with juicy acidity, soft, supple tannins nestled into its perfumed fruit and a long, iron-laced finish”
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This is all of us! Bedrock Wine Co. was started in a converted chicken coop in 2007 by Morgan Twain-Peterson MW. He was joined by his best friend and business partner Chris Cottrell in 2012 and the winery is now a team effort of ten intrepid and kind humans spread across winemaking, vineyard management and hospitality. In 2025 the winery's core vineyard, Bedrock, was certified Regenerative Organic- making it one of the leaders in progressive farming in the world. If in Sonoma, come visit us at our historic tasting room located in the 1854 home of General Joseph Hooker on the Sonoma plaza.