Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 Author DK The grape had been the

The grape had been the island's dessert-wine workhorse for centuries

using neutral oak to emphasize site purity

most pour-it-cold expression

Bottled at 100 proof

Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 Author DK The grape had been theMinustellu 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