Bedrock Wine Company, Costa Areio e Vento e Amor Evangelho VyD, 2019

Bedrock specializes in California's heritage vineyards, the gnarled old field blends planted over a century ago, and Evangelho is one of the greatest of them: ancient own-rooted vines on pure beach-like sand in Contra Costa County. This bottling, with its poetic name nodding to coast, sand, wind and love, is a special selection meant to capture the essence of the site as a concentrate. It's a Mourvedre-led field blend with Zinfandel and Carignan, all co-planted and old. An extraordinary bottle of California history, and a vivid expression of one of the state's most distinctive sandy terroirs.