Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 TBO and even his entry-level wines

and even his entry-level wines carry the house imprint: lift

This 90% Franc

from a vintage that gave Saint-Estèphe ripe fruit balanced by classical Médoc grip

6 are indigenous to the wild Galician forests: bay leaf

with creamy texture and medium body that belies the wine's elegant nature

Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 TBO and even his entry-level winesMinustellu 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