Rootdown Amador County Rose of Trousseau Saint Amant Vineyard 2025 SCCOS accessible frame

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Because we at bozal believe that something wild produces a far richer spirit

Bottles like this don't come around often

The result upends every old cliché about rustic Southern reds: fresh

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Rootdown Amador County Rose of Trousseau Saint Amant Vineyard 2025 SCCOS accessible frameMike 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,