Winemaker Notes
Always fresh and saline, with ample body and tuned-up aromatics, this is an aperitivo par excellence and works wonders with anything fresh from the sea as well.
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Wine & Spirits
This comes from Leccia’s top vineyard, an organically farmed parcel of schist topped with chalk just a couple of miles from the sea. He’s blended this 2019 from 90 percent nielluccio, with ten percent grenache, all vinified in stainless steel, to bottle a wine that speaks of the site’s freshness and warmth: Warm scents of mulled fruit and earth contrast brighter notes of herbs, flowers and crunchy red cherries, while slightly bitter tannins ask for food— cold herbed lamb, perhaps.
There are hundreds of white grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles.
A mountainous, Mediterranean island covered in vineyards, Corsica, while closer to Italy in proximity and history, is today under France's political jurisdiction. The island is home to a mix of Italian and French grapes, typically planted at high elevations. Niellucciu (Sangiovese), Sciacarellu (Mammolo), and Vermentino (Rolle) are the main grape varieties of Corsica, and account for about two thirds of all Corsican wines produced.