Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider silky in texture and perfumed

silky in texture and perfumed rather than massive

and one of the best-value sparklers going — now in a half bottle

generosity

a crossing of Grenache and Malbec

Rootdown Savagnin Cole Ranch 2023 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider silky in texture and perfumedSavagnin 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