Bedrock Wine Co. 2021 Heritage Red, Pagani Ranch, Sonoma Valley

Bedrock Wine Co. 2021 Heritage Red, Pagani Ranch, Sonoma Valley

Item Number: 17853

UPC: None

Country: USA
Region: California
Sub Region: Sonoma
Appellation/AVA: Sonoma Valley
Estate Grown Wine: No
Vineyard Designation: Pagani Ranch
Vintage: 2021
Grape(s): Red Field Blend
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 14.5
Viticulture: Practicing Organic

Winemakers' Notes: "This is the last Pagani Ranch that Bedrock Wine Co. will make, and it is a classic. This 1880s-planted site features a lot of dark-toned varieties in its field blend—things like Petite Sirah, Alicante Bouschet, Petit Bouschet, Mataro and Lenoir—which always makes it one of the broadest shouldered and most dramatic wines we make. As is typical, this wine is opaque in color and filled with the dark, rich fruit the vineyard is so well known for. A rare vineyard that cropped well in 2021, we are happy that we will have enough of this to go around. We have appreciated working with Pagani Ranch for the last decade and are very happy with this rendition, as it makes for a lovely final statement for Bedrock’s last Pagani vintage. Rather than going into the complex reasons behind our decision to part ways, we will instead appreciate the years we worked with the ranch and leave it at that. Listen to more on the Bedrock Wine Conversations Podcast minute mark: 30:31 " - Chris Cottrell and Morgan Twain-Peterson

Fining: No
Filtration: No
Yeast: Native
Fermentation: Various vessels are used in the winery: stainless steel, concrete, oak, and plastic
Aging: Used French and Austrian oak

About the Name: The word "heritage" on a Bedrock label signifies that the wine is produced as a field blend. All of the grapes get picked together at the same time and co-fermented together.

Reviews

  • Vinous
    Rating: 94 (1/24/2023)
    The 2021 Pagani Ranch is a beautiful, expressive wine from one of Sonoma Valley's great sites. Rich, pliant and explosive, the 2021 possesses captivating inner perfume, vivid fruit and exceptional balance. Sweet red cherry, blood orange, mint, spice, mocha and a kiss of new oak all race across the palate. An alluring, captivating wine, the Pagani Ranch is total sensuality. As good as the 2021 is - and it is very good - it could have been legendary. That is especially evident when looking at wines from Bedrock and Old Hill, two of the other grand crus of this stretch of vineyards in Sonoma Valley. Unfortunately, this is the last Pagani Ranch for Bedrock.