Rootdown Trousseau Cole Ranch 2023 Wine Seminar Perched on the ruins of

Perched on the ruins of a Roman villa in Languedoc

This is what Occidental does best: faithful interpretations of European lager traditions

The nose is floral and delicate at first

This is the first bottling in his "Cuvee Ephemere" series

The soils are dominated by fluffy white volcanic ash that has washed down over the centuries from the nearby flanks of Mount Veeder

Rootdown Trousseau Cole Ranch 2023 Wine Seminar Perched on the ruins ofTrousseau 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