Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 ABC321 It's a lovely

It's a lovely

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

On the nose primary hints of ripe fruit

From one of Spain's most historic bodegas—operating since 1877—this traditional Reserva represents serious old-school Rioja

Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 ABC321 It's a lovelySavagnin 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