Bedrock Wine Company, Ode to Lucien' Red, 2019 GUIDO extended élevage in large neutral

extended élevage in large neutral Slavonian casks

and eleven percent Cabernet Franc was raised in seventy percent new oak

this fortified wine is aged oxidatively in cask the way a tawny should be

Cult Barolo for serious collectors

The 2001 vintage itself is one of those classical structured Bordeaux years that has aged with grace: less heralded than 2000 or 2005

Bedrock Wine Company, Ode to Lucien' Red, 2019 GUIDO extended élevage in large neutralOde to Lucien is Bedrock's tribute to Lucien Peyraud, the man who put Bandol on the map at Domaine Tempier, and it's made only in years when the old vine Mourvdre delivers. It's a Bandol inspired blend built around old vine Mourvdre (roughly three quarters) with Grenache and a splash of Syrah or Counoise, drawing on heritage California sites including the sandy Evangelho Vineyard and Gibson Ranch's ancient Grenache. Native yeast fermentation and a