Château Sociando-Mallet 2017 -STOCKTAKE- pineau-d-aunis Set among the rolling hills

Set among the rolling hills on the banks of Greenock Creek

Merlot (15%)

The Castarède estate has a 17th century château that has been the site of distillation and aging since it was acquired by the family in the 20th century

Fermentation takes place in new Allier barriques

on a terroir where chalk is exposed

Château Sociando-Mallet 2017 -STOCKTAKE- pineau-d-aunis Set among the rolling hillsChteau Sociando Mallet may claim not to be "neither classified nor bourgeois", but it is still considered one of the best wines of the Haut Mdoc appellation. Its vineyard extends over an impressive area of 85 hectares composed of gravelly soil on a clay limestone subsoil where vines of Cabernet Sauvignon (55%), Merlot (40%) and Cabernet Franc (5%) are planted. The wines of the estate benefit from a traditional maturing period of 12 months in new