Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 Author DK Collectors chase La Gerla's Vigna

Collectors chase La Gerla's Vigna gli Angeli

Scarpa's Casascapa Barbera crackles with verve—a zingy expression of what makes this varietal so irresistible

using neutral oak to emphasize site purity

Bottled at 100 proof

Because we don’t chill filter

Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 Author DK Collectors chase La Gerla's VignaMinustellu 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