About Terre Rouge Wines
Terre Rouge Wines is named from the French terre rouge — red earth, the iron-rich red clay and volcanic soils that characterize Amador County's Shenandoah Valley terrain. Bill Easton's estate pioneered the case for Rhône varieties in the Sierra Foothills: Syrah, Mourvèdre, and Grenache from the warm Shenandoah Valley terrain where the iron-rich red earth produces wines of unusual concentration and the Rhône's structural character.
The Dickson Road estate is the founding property of California's most committed Rhône-in-the-Sierra Foothills program, its terre rouge red earth naming declaring the soil character that makes the Amador County Syrah distinct from all other California growing regions. Wine Advocate has scored Terre Rouge's Syrah and Mourvèdre at 90–93 points.