Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 champagne-club Sweet agave and a spiced

Sweet agave and a spiced vanilla finish

Incrocio Manzoni)

touch of lychee

Schist laden soils and ancient vines combine to produce one of the best table wines around

Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 champagne-club Sweet agave and a spicedSavagnin 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