Castellare I Sodi di San Niccolo 2020 RFLASH The Malmsey is the richest

The Malmsey is the richest of the bunch

Oscar is the brother vineyard to the famed Michael Mara Chardonnay vineyard

and this is Volnay with a spine

and the calcified remains left these soils unusually rich in lime — exactly what Chardonnay wants

shallow soils poor in organic matter

Castellare I Sodi di San Niccolo 2020 RFLASH The Malmsey is the richestThere's a different endangered bird on every vintage of this label, a tradition founder Paolo Panerai started in 1977 to protest illegal bird hunting and to mark Castellare as a wildlife refuge that farms without poisons. The wine inside is just as principled: I Sodi di San Niccolo is one of the original Super Tuscans, but where most reached for Cabernet, Panerai bet on native grapes. It's a blend of the estate's own Sangioveto clone and a splash of