2022 Bedrock Old Hill Ranch Heritage
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Coming from vines planted in the 1880s and pouring deep purple color, the 2022 Old Hill Ranch Heritage takes on a rich, darker profile with notes of dark chocolate thin mints, boysenberry, fresh herbs, and forest earth. Leaning toward full-bodied, it expands through the palate and has broader shoulders, with fantastic balance and polish. It offers wonderful length, ripe tannins, and a slowly tapered finish. It’s well-structured and has the bones to last for 10 years or more.
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Full bottle 1,220 g. Planted in the 1880s on iron and basalt-rich, volcanically derived alluvium. Around 70% Zinfandel and field blend of 30+ other varieties with Grenache being the most important. The only vineyard in which Bedrock has found Persan, Mollard and Etraire de l’Aduï (along with other more common field-blending varieties). Medium verging on deep purple in colour. Mineral – iron and rust – with just-ripe plum and blueberry on the nose. Restrained, not as rich in fruit as you might assume for a Zin. Elevated grippy tannin and fresh acidity – like chewing plum skin. Sweet-fruited, cacao-laced finish. This would benefit from a few years in bottle. (SCJ)
Old Hill Ranch Vineyard was planted in 1980 to 16 different varieties, including Zinfandel, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Alicante Bouschet. It was utilized by Joel Peterson at Ravenswood in the 1980s and is now bottled as a single vineyard by his son and Bedrock owner and winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson, MW. The 2022 Old Hill Ranch Heritage has bright scents of raspberry, strawberry and powdered sugar. The medium-bodied palate offers a concentrated core of candied berry fruit. It’s structured by clay-textured tannins and mouthwatering acidity and has a long, perfumed finish. It’s easy to drink and will pair well with spicy food.