Rootdown Amador County Rose of Trousseau Saint Amant Vineyard 2025 event-sold-out the wine undergoes minimal filtration

the wine undergoes minimal filtration

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Rootdown Amador County Rose of Trousseau Saint Amant Vineyard 2025 event-sold-out the wine undergoes minimal filtrationMike Lucia started Rootdown in 2014 with a focus on the obscure grapes of California Trousseau, Sangiovese, and other oddballs farmed organically in single sites. The St. Amant Vineyard in Amador County is one of the first sites Lucia worked with, and the Trousseau here (originally introduced to California as the Portuguese Bastardo in 1981) is planted on Honcut soils on gently sloping alluvial fans. Pressed gently and treated like a serious wine,