Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 champagne-club Notes of dried figs

Notes of dried figs

who was passionate about oenology and highly involved in winemaking from the earliest creation of the House

where some of Burgundy's silkiest Pinot Noirs emerge from parcels in Morey-St

though it still carries the mineral intensity and structure that makes this vintage rewarding

with some taking up to three years to cultivate

Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 champagne-club Notes of dried figsSavagnin is the grape behind the Jura's famous whites, and there is almost none of it planted in California. Mike Lucia put some in the ground at Cole Ranch, America's smallest AVA, a single bowl of vines tucked in the hills between Ukiah and Anderson Valley where he is a partner in the vineyard. He farms two clones, vert and jaune, at around 1,500 feet, and the elevation shows: this is lean, crunchy and salty rather than fat, with melon, lemongrass