Jolie-Laide, Trousseau Gris "The Empress" Sonoma County, California 2025 newyork following a careful on site

following a careful on site selection and a final visual inspection on the sorting table

toasted oak

Before bottling

From Erika Rácz’s small organic estate in Erdőbénye

It is the winery's belief that aging wines should be seen as a pedagogic act: the wine is “educated" and should never be rushed through sped-up improvisations which would destroy the biological process that give it its special character

Jolie-Laide, Trousseau Gris "The Empress" Sonoma County, California 2025 newyork following a careful on site100% Trousseau Gris from Fanucchi Wood Road Vineyard in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. The Fanucchi Wood Road Vineyard is dry farmed and practicing organic, with the Trousseau Gris block dating to 1981. The fruit was foot crushed and left to macerate on skins for three days before being pressed to neutral puncheons and stainless steel for fermentation. This gentle 3 day skin maceration adds subtle texture, lifted aromatics, and a rose gold