Villa Dora, Caprettone, 2024 so052925 pato family wines Don’t let the cheeky name

Don’t let the cheeky name fool you—Monkey Shoulder Batch 27 is a seriously well-made blended malt

just clarity

tar and dried rose

Grown on deep chalk and vinified with the same conviction Chartogne brings to everything

and today Céline and Jérôme run it organically

Villa Dora, Caprettone, 2024 so052925 pato family wines Don’t let the cheeky nameCaprettone was only recognized as a distinct grape variety in 2014 for generations it grew tangled up with Coda di Volpe on the slopes of Vesuvius and nearly everyone assumed the two were the same thing. They are not, and this varietal bottling makes the case. Villa Dora farms organically on the lower southern flank of the volcano at Terzigno, inside the national park, on ground that is essentially pulverized pumice, ash and lapilli; because