2015 Once & Future Wine Zinfandel Bedrock Vineyard - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley (2/10/2021)
I wrote a note about this wine in June 2019. I was thinking about what to say about tonight’s bottle, and saw my note again. I could write the exact same thing tonight. Call me again in a few years, and we’ll see if anything has changed. The future is someday.
June 2019 note:
2015 Once & Future Wine Zinfandel Bedrock Vineyard - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley (6/4/2019)
Once & Future wines always present a bit of a perception conundrum. It's hard to shake the idea that they are Ravenswood with a different label. When the wine comes from the Bedrock vineyard, the Bedrock Wine Co baggage comes along for the ride. It takes real effort to clear the slate, and evaluate the wine on its own merits.
It's still very early on for the 2015 O&F Bedrock Zinfandel, but it's all systems go. Black and red fruits are captured in a structural frame of acid and tannin, with warm herb and earth accents coming in on the aromatics and from the mid-palate through he finish. Going back to the mental influences, I would put the wine at 75% Ravenswood and 25% Bedrock.