2023 Âmevive Wine "Tagabelle Vineyard" Roussanne, Los Olivos District, Santa Barbara, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE This Roussanne is sourced from the organically farmed Tagabelle Vineyard in the Los Olivos District, where the warm California sun and cool evening breezes create the ideal conditions for this Rhne variety. The 2023 vintage showcases the full potential of Roussanne, a grape known for its weight and complexity. Fermented with native yeast and aged in neutral oak, this wine highlights the natural richness of the fruit while maintaining

Reta had already scouted out a País vineyard for the project

After two years he then moved to Flowers Winery as associate winemaker in 2000

then pressed and racked back to tank to finish fermentation

With time the wine becomes more concentrated loosing water and gaining in complexity

a large majority of which are set on terraces which makes most mechanization difficult—if not impossible

Montmains occupies one of the hillsides of the valleys that join the valley

SOIL TYPE Marly soil with chalky scree

the high yields from these young vines exceed the limit required to qualify for the Morgon appellation

Vines are grown on a mix of clay-limestone hillsides and flint-clay plateaus

Les Chaumes

At dryness

now totaling 30 hectares