Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 TBO This is a rare opportunity

This is a rare opportunity to taste with a third-generation winemaker whose family has quietly built a reputation for some of the most age-worthy and distinctive Champagnes in the region

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The history and terroir of Vandières in the Vallée de la Marne

A trophy bottle in every sense

The wine is 90% Pinot Noir and 5% each of Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay

Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 TBO This is a rare opportunityMinustellu is another of Corsica's nearly forgotten native grapes, a red variety planted in tiny quantities on the island. Clos Fornelli, organically farmed by the Vanucci Couloumre family in the commune of Tallone on the eastern coast, gives it the unfussy treatment it deserves: hand harvest, native yeast fermentation, concrete aging. The fruit comes off very stony alluvial soils washed down from the Castagniccia schist massif, and you taste that