Rootdown Trousseau Cole Ranch 2023 CS20230516 A remarkable 24-year-old Chardonnay from

A remarkable 24-year-old Chardonnay from the prized Perrières vineyard that has entered a fascinating tertiary phase

Cabernet leads

Then we leave it to rest on wild sloe berries

white peach and a saline snap on the finish

This is glou-glou with structure and depth

Rootdown Trousseau Cole Ranch 2023 CS20230516 A remarkable 24-year-old Chardonnay fromTrousseau 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