Bedrock Wine Company, Dry Creek Valley Lorenzo's Heritage, 2019 MSK_Champagne_Pre-Sale_2023 built to age but already

built to age but already singing

and in Roagna's hands it becomes something transcendent

the extinct volcano whose pozzolanic soils give Basilicata's Aglianico its unmistakable smoky-mineral spine

hosting the crew

organically grown Grenache planted in the metavolcanic rock of the eastern Alexander Valley foothills

Bedrock Wine Company, Dry Creek Valley Lorenzo's Heritage, 2019 MSK_Champagne_Pre-Sale_2023 built to age but alreadyThese are vines older than your grandparents' grandparents. Lorenzo's Heritage comes from the Teldeschi Ranch on the western bench of Dry Creek Valley, where the dry farmed, head trained vines were planted between roughly 1900 and 1955 in red gravelly alluvial soil. It's a true field blend, picked and co fermented all together the way it was planted: Zinfandel leads (around 60%), backed by Carignane, Petite Sirah, and a scattering of Alicante