Bedrock Wine Co. Zinfandel Monte Rosso Vineyard - 2018 (1.5L) Pinot Meunier Alvaredos-Hobbs is the collaboration between

Alvaredos-Hobbs is the collaboration between renowned winemaker and consultant Paul Hobbs and Galician viticultor Antonio López Fernández

just to the southwest of the town of Pauillac

with a lingering spiceness

The 2011 is a bit slender and likely to mature earlier than some of the more structured vintages

Bedrock Wine Co. Zinfandel Monte Rosso Vineyard - 2018 (1.5L) Pinot Meunier Alvaredos-Hobbs is the collaboration betweenFrom the Gallo owned vineyard of Monte Rosso, the 2013 Zinfandel Monte Rosso is spectacular. Coming from the red iron soils of old vine Zinfandel plots (some of which date back to the 1890s), this blend of 95% Zinfandel and 5% Alicante Bouchet was aged in one third new French oak. It exhibits a deep purple color, full body, and notes of briary, wild strawberry, cherry and raspberry fruit intermixed with notions of tar, earth, pepper and charcuterie.