2020 Castello di Volpaia Chianti Classico Riserva, Tuscany, ItalyABOUT THIS WINE The 2020 vintage began with a relatively warm winter and spring that resulted in the vines budding and flowering early. Temperatures dropped in the first 3 weeks of June only to rise again immediately and remain high throughout the summer. A particularly dry winter, but it rained abundantly in May and the first half of June. Rain stopped almost completely over the summer, but started again in August and during the harvest. Summer was

• 2021 Rodrigo Mendez "Salvora" Albariño

and Trousseau—three indigenous varieties that thrive in the Jura’s cool climate and marl-limestone soils

Crafted with minimal intervention

the three parcels are 2

Ecocert certified Organic

In three short years

Grapes are sorted manually three times: directly on the vine

Having finished fermentation in the bottle

The nose is evocative of autumn on multiple sensory levels

has yielded a wine of remarkable finesse and balance

and buys grapes from a further 110 hectares farmed under contract

where he met Lynn Penner-Ash