{"product_id":"two-shepherds-trousseau-gris-2024","title":"Two Shepherds Trousseau Gris 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is exactly one commercial planting of Trousseau Gris left in California, and this is it. The Fanucchi-Wood Road Vineyard sits in the Russian River Valley, planted in 1981 by Peter Fanucchi's father back when the grape was still called Grey Riesling and was widely planted across the state. Everything else got pulled out. The site is sandy Russian River bench land, cool and fog-influenced, with morning marine fog burning off into warm afternoons and then dropping cold again at night. Trousseau Gris is a pink-skinned mutation of the Jura's Trousseau, and it needs precisely this kind of long, cool ripening window to hold its acidity while the skins develop color. Two Shepherds farms it as a neighbor; the vineyard is down the road from their own place in Windsor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100% Trousseau Gris, destemmed and fermented on its skins for about five days before pressing to neutral vessel. That short skin ferment is what gives the wine its color, a pale copper-pink that is neither white nor rose and does not try to be either. Five days is enough to pull texture and a light phenolic grip without the wine going bitter or tannic. Expect white peach, watermelon rind, dried orange, wet stone, and a savory, almost herbal note underneath, dry and quite high in acid with a lightly grippy finish. 2024 in the Russian River Valley ran cool in spring, warm through midsummer, then mild in the days and genuinely cold at night through harvest, which let the fruit hang and hold acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Shepherds is William Allen and Karen Daenen, working from a small farm in Windsor. Allen started the label in 2010, Daenen became a partner in 2015, and the operation has stayed deliberately tiny. They hand-farm their own organic Grenache and Grenache Gris, keep goats and a donkey, and lease specific rows from family-owned growers around northern California so they can dictate the farming and pick on their own terms. The Fanucchi partnership has run for well over a decade of consecutive harvests. Their range is built around Rhone varieties and skin-fermented whites, and this wine sits squarely at the intersection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe light grip and salinity make this unusually good with food that is hard to pair. Try it with pork banh mi, a summer tomato and peach salad with burrata, grilled shrimp tacos with cabbage slaw, or a plate of prosciutto and melon. The skin texture stands up to chile heat and herbs where a straightforward white would disappear, and the acidity handles vinegar and pickles. Serve it cold, around 50 degrees, in a white wine glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeDuc Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51195279245535,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/P8150121_3840dc79-0f6f-4c30-97a1-99fc95825567.jpg?v=1786842664","url":"https:\/\/denverwinemerchant.com\/products\/two-shepherds-trousseau-gris-2024","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}