TOP RATINGS FOR I SODI DI SAN NICCOLO’ 2013

Assigned the first prestigious ratings to I Sodi di San Niccolò 2013, Castellare Castellina’s flagship wine, which once again gets very high scores at international and national level.

To attribute the excellent 95/100 was James Suckling, one of the most influential oenological critics, for almost 30 years Senior Editor and head of the European Wine Spectator Editorial, defined by Forbes, “one of the most wine influencer in the world”.

To further increase the prestige of I Sodi di San Niccolò 2013, other ones important awards from the leading Italian wine guides: 3 Glasses (3 Bicchieri) of Gambero Rosso, 5 grape bunches (Grappoli) Bibenda 2018 and the score of 98/100 assigned by Daniele Cernilli, editor of Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia.

I Sodi di San Niccolò is the first Italian wine included in the Wine Spectator’s Top 100 (1988), with the 1985 vintage; replicated in 1989 with the year 1986. Repeatedly Tre Bicchieri (Three Glasses) of Gambero Rosso and Cinque Grappoli (Five Grapes) of Bidenda, is one of the very few Supertuscans made with autochthonous vines, showing the greatness of Sangioveto (85%) accompanied by Black Malvasia (15%). The Sangioveto vineyards at Castellare are born from the research in collaboration with the University of Milan and Florence and the San Michele all’Adige Institute to identify the best clones of Sangiovese. After one first strict selection in the vineyard and a second in the wine cellar, the grapes ferment in the steel tanks at controlled temperature. At the end of malolactic fermentation, the wine is poured into oak barrels of Allier, Troncais, Nevers, Limousin and Vosges, made from different batches, for a 12-18 months aging, according to the vintage.

“This is really serious with dense and deep fruit, citrusy acidity and a fantastic mouthfeel. Medium to full body, linear and racy. Made from a blend of sangioveto and black malvasia. Drink Now”. This is James Suckling‘s judgment attributed to I Sodi di San Niccolò 2013.

But how was the unusual name of this wine born?

The word Sodi was used by the Tuscan peasants to describe those terrains that had to be hand-worked, being too hard (so that sodi) or too steep to allow the use of oxen, unlike the fields, that are more easily cultivable soils. Then, the name San Niccolò is derived from the Church of 1300s that rises in the property of Castellare around which the vineyards are located.

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