Rootdown Mendocino County Sangiovese Janes Vineyard 2023 Domaine Michel Gros 2022 with all the salinity and

with all the salinity and tension of the terroir cradled inside a more generous

From a pioneering natural winemaker in Roussillon

The resulting wine is something like if pinot noir and syrah had a baby

Altitude: 940m

combining their fruity young spirit with additional maturation in port wine casks to create a balance of rich and fresh flavors

Rootdown Mendocino County Sangiovese Janes Vineyard 2023 Domaine Michel Gros 2022 with all the salinity andMike 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