Rootdown Trousseau Cole Ranch 2023 CS20230516 Cathy Corison

Cathy Corison

From the producer: Le Green Bio-Organic is exclusively made from grapes from the Malmaison Estate

This is glou-glou with structure and depth

white peach and a saline snap on the finish

honoring tradition while embracing the freshness of an exceptional vintage

Rootdown Trousseau Cole Ranch 2023 CS20230516 Cathy CorisonTrousseau is a Jura red pale, perfumed, far more about earth and spice than fruit and Mike Lucia grafted it at Cole Ranch in 2020, inside America's smallest AVA. This is one of the first releases off those vines. Everything was destemmed and fermented in an egg shaped tank, a deliberate choice to keep the variety's identity intact rather than bury it under stems and extraction. Lucia picks for earth and texture rather than power, so the alcohol stays