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Domaine Comte Abbatucci - Collection Cuvée du Ministre 2010

Corsica

Red

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This superb cuvée is a unique blend of 7 almost-forgotten Corsican grape varieties. Jacques-Pierre-Charles Abbatucci, Imperial Minister and friend of Napoleon III, deserved the homage of this unique wine, a blend of red fruits and sweet spices, offering fatness and very supple tannins. It's already a crowd-pleaser, but its 15-year ageing potential will reveal many secrets...

Features

Estate

Domaine Comte Abbatucci

Cuvée

Ministre Impérial

Vintage

2010

Designation

Vin de Table

Region

Corsica

Grape varieties

10% Morescola, 12% Morescono, 8% Aleatico, 15% Carcajolo Nero, 15% Montanaccia, 22% Sciacarello, 18 Nieluccio

Terroirs

granite arenas

Viticulture

biodynamic cultivation for 5 years (7 years organic)

Harvest

100% manual

Winemaking

vinification in stainless steel tanks, slow fermentation at 18°C

Breeding

12 months in vats, no wood

Alcohol content

14%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

limpid and brilliant, ruby

Nose

powerful, evokes a touch of tart red fruit (redcurrant and blackcurrant)

Mouth

A finely oaked, slightly smoky wine with the Domaine's characteristic mineral note. The tannins are very elegant and the long finish is very complex.

Serve

decant at 16°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink from

2012

Drink before

2028

Production

2000 bottles

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

A d&eacute;guster sur des viandes grill&eacute;es, boeuf ou agneau, un plateau de fromages corses.<br/>

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Expert opinion

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Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (2020 guide) 4*Stars (Very high quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)

About the domain :

In this historic landmark of Ajaccio vineyards, whose unique collection of old local white grape varieties has raised awareness of the moral and cultural obligation to diversify grape varieties throughout Corsica, Jean-Charles Abbatucci practices irreproachable viticulture with contagious generosity. The recent wines have the suppleness, naturalness and smoothness expected of them, and have clearly improved in consistency thanks to the complicity between the owner and a remarkable consultant oenologist, Emmanuel Gagnepain. Cuvée Faustine shines with pure finesse, while the grand cuvées Collection, Ministre, Général and Diplomate offer the refined complexity of their pioneering grape varieties. New cuvées, monte-bianco, alte-rosso, valle-di-nero, are starting to be produced, but the estate has not yet sent them out for tasting. That will be next year.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

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Domaine rated (guide 2023) 3*Stars (They represent the excellence of the French vineyard. The best terroirs cultivated by the greatest winemakers. Tasting their wines is always a magical experience)

About the domain :

The history of this estate began in the 20th century with a visionary, Antoine Abbatucci, the founder of this wine nursery, a veritable conservatory of indigenous Corsican grape varieties. Jean-Charles Abbatucci, Antoine's son, has taken the estate to the next level (massal selections, demanding biodynamics, rootstocks adapted to soil and climate...). The wines are easy to digest and fine, thanks to the refusal of excessive interventionism, and the maturing process has been refined by the use of foudres and concrete eggs.

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Note and review by M. SERGE P. Published on 20/11/2012

extremely disappointing, no interest

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