Once Future, Bedrock Zinfandel other_regions_australia

Once Future, Bedrock Zinfandel other_regions_australiaThe 2017 Zinfandel Bedrock Vineyard comes from 129 year old vines, harvested August 31 and aged in 30% new French oak. "I bought this vineyard to save it from being ripped up in 2002," says winemaker Joel Peterson. "Morgan and I have been working on bringing it back since then, farming organically and rebuilding the soil. The oldest vines in the vineyard were planted by George Hirsch. This is probably about 85% Zinfandel with tons of other varieties."

if anything

black olive and blackberries

Here too there is good freshness to the slightly riper aromas of grapefruit

balances youthful structure with persistent inner perfumes and primary fruit

There is better freshness as well as better complexity to the array of plum

This is another outstanding value Bordeaux wine from 2009 made with the help of Stephane Derenoncourt and his able team

own-rooted vines planted in 1971

a refined and silky quaff redolent of ripe red cherry and rose petal aromas and flavors

velvety and opulent medium weight plus flavors are still notably youthful and muscular yet the abundant sap buffers the moderately firm tannic spine on the delicious

(from La Rue au Vache)

Framed by 11 months of maturation in barrels (with about one-third new)

which was a real pleasure