Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 ABC321 The red is the rarest

The red is the rarest wine at Italy's most secretive estate

it’s just how the world works

*Interlude* is sourced from old-vine Chardonnay in the Grand Cru village of Oger

On the nose primary hints of ripe fruit

with vanilla and candied tropical fruit on the nose

Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 ABC321 The red is the rarestSavagnin 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