Domaine des Comtes Lafon Puligny-Montrachet 2023 [NET] Grower Champagne Mike Lucia started Rootdown in

Mike Lucia started Rootdown in 2014 with a focus on the obscure grapes of California - Trousseau

000 apple trees

then emptied and returned to our distillery where we fill them up again with straight rye whiskey

A luxurious sake from a well-honored brewery in Nagano

In doing so

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Puligny-Montrachet 2023 [NET] Grower Champagne Mike Lucia started Rootdown inThough Lafon's name is synonymous with Meursault, Dominique also farms vines in neighboring Puligny and the contrast is illuminating. Where his Meursaults trade in richness and breadth, the Puligny brings cut, tension, and a steelier core. Same hands, same biodynamic ethos, same long levage but a different address speaks through the glass. The 2023 is taut and energetic, the kind of Puligny that reminds you why this commune has its own devotees. From