Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 bis-hidden similar to Agricole rums

similar to Agricole rums

Super funky

no preservatives

a grape almost nobody in Champagne bothers with anymore

Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 bis-hidden similar to Agricole rumsSavagnin 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