Rootdown Mendocino County Sangiovese Janes Vineyard 2023 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider Grand-Puy Ducasse is a Fifth

Grand-Puy Ducasse is a Fifth Growth Pauillac with a quirk: unlike almost every other classified estate

Essential for the Rusty Nail

Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in a combination of stainless steel and oak

if not a couple years in the cellar

Rootdown Mendocino County Sangiovese Janes Vineyard 2023 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider Grand-Puy Ducasse is a FifthMike Lucia's Rootdown project takes a serious, terroir first approach to California's underloved grapes, and the Sangiovese from Jane's Vineyard is a great example. Since 2016, Rootdown has bought fruit from Jane, a retired hobbyist who farms this organic, biodiversity focused two acre plot near Duncan Peak in Hopland on Talmage soils. With gentle extraction and aromatic focus, the wine leads with red fruit, cedar, and a bone dry, mid palate grip that