Castello Dei Rampolla, Vigna D'Alceo, 2010 BFCM2022 and endlessly fascinating

and endlessly fascinating

this white proves the estate's range and the underappreciated potential of Côtes de Gascogne as a source of refreshing

All three sites share the sandy granitic loam that gives Sandlands its name

hand-disgorged and built for the table

Castello Dei Rampolla, Vigna D'Alceo, 2010 BFCM2022 and endlessly fascinatingVigna d'Alceo is the flagship of Castello dei Rampolla, a Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot blend (roughly 85 15) from Panzano in Chianti, named for the founder Alceo di Napoli. What sets it apart from most Super Tuscans is the farming: Rampolla converted to biodynamics in 1994, and these terraced plots, first planted to Cabernet in 1990, have essentially never known conventional treatments. Since 2007 the wine sees only 10 to 12 months in barrel