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Just got it yesterday and wondered how it was. Sorry to hear it didn’t perform that well that night. You think a longer decant would improve?
Brian, I’m gonna have to agree with you here. There are many many Bedrocks I love but this (and the Pato) are not among them. In some ways it’s a relief because they take pressure off the FOMO of not buying enough bottles of everything else.
Vintage variation perhaps, I enjoyed the ‘16. The ‘17 not so much.
Edit: this was open for a couple days. My wife had the first couple glasses the previous evening then it went back under cork. It’s had sufficient air.
It’s rare for me because I tend to like everything Morgan makes, but this just didn’t check any of my boxes.
I did open the other Lodi Zin from Bedrock, the 2019 Noma Vineyard one yesterday to see if it was better. Initially it was very rough, I found. Harsh and with a menthol-vibe. But as it sat open in decanter it increasingly became a lot better and by the end quite nice. Today, the morning after, I find it’s probably as accessible as it’s going to be: tea-like tannins that are very upfront, not tons of fruit, edging towards leather and tobacco. I’d say 88-89pts.
