 In honor of a recent tasting we were able to have at Bedrock's Joseph Hooker House tasting room in Sonoma (which will bring us a bounty of new wines in the near future), we wanted to feature one of their most popular wines, and one of the more significant California Roses made. Bedrock and owner/winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson are one of the cornerstones of California's Historic Vineyard Society, dedicated to the preservation, recognition and education of the many family and multi-generational sites in the state. For most wineries, these vineyards would only be used to make the most intensive and highest dollar wines in their portfolio, but Bedrock works in these great sites to even their Rose. Bandol is one of the most famous sources for great Rose thanks to featuring the Mourvedre grape, and Bedrock uses an early 1900s vineyard of Mourvedre as this wine's backbone. The name is an homage to 'Lulu' Tempier, matriarch of the famous Bandol estate of the same name, and this wine aims to make her proud every vintage. Very Provencal style pale pink in the glass, the aromas are immediately unique, full of tart and tangy citrus, pink grapefruit, and layers of savory herbs. The palate is quickly mouthfilling with loads of mineral-driven white stone fruit, orange peel, and again that long lingering herbal tone that stays longer on the palate than anything. This is everything a serious Californian Rose should be about, and all things considered delivers it at a relative bargain.
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