Castellare, Toscana IGT, I Sodi di S. Niccolo 2020 Sonoma always elegant and lean with

always elegant and lean with nice mineral notes and some garden herbs

bramble berries

this appellation-blend bottling shows baked bramble pie

After several hours it softened

and the rest Counoise

Castellare, Toscana IGT, I Sodi di S. Niccolo 2020 Sonoma always elegant and lean with97 CellarTracker A quietly defiant Tuscan classic built on Sangioveto and Malvasia Nera, the 2020 opens with black cherry, macerated plum, dried violet, and tobacco leaf layered over crushed limestone and a faint iron note. Subtle cedar and cocoa from oak are well integrated. The palate is structured yet poised dark cherry and blackberry edged by sour cherry brightness, with chalky, fine grained tannins and Sangioveses savory sapidity recalling tomato