Chateau Sociando-Mallet, Haut Medoc, 2016 SO102125 Cristal2016 produces Bric Balin from a

produces Bric Balin from a single south-facing cru near the winery

converted the estate to organic then biodynamic farming

has become a touchstone for minimal-intervention California — organic and biodynamic fruit

Drink chilled or slightly cool for maximum appeal

which was popular in the 19th century before nearly vanishing

Chateau Sociando-Mallet, Haut Medoc, 2016 SO102125 Cristal2016 produces Bric Balin from aThe most famous unclassified chteau in the Mdoc, from a vintage everyone wanted. Sociando Mallet sits on a gravel rise at Saint Seurin de Cadourne, just north of Saint Estephe, and its late owner Jean Gautreau spent fifty years making a point: he refused to submit the wine for classification, convinced it didn't need the label. Most Bordeaux drinkers quietly agree this is a Cabernet Sauvignon led claret built with the structure and seriousness of a