Domaine Abbatucci - Faustine 2011

Name: Domaine Abbatucci - Faustine 2011
Brand: Domaine Comte Abbatucci
Rating: 3.4 (16 reviews)

Ajaccio|White wine|Organic

Corsica

White

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3.4/5 (16 customers)

Rating: Robert Parker 92/100
"The Cuvée Faustine, in a style more accessible in taste and price, is produced on decomposed granite hillside terroirs. As you'd expect, the wines possess a very fine identity and charm with their singularity." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2013 - RVF). A cuvée bursting with fruit, an immediate pleasure!

Features

Estate

Domaine Comte Abbatucci

Cuvée

Faustine

Vintage

2011

Designation

Ajaccio

Region

Corsica

Grape varieties

100% Vermentino

Terroirs

granite arenas

Viticulture

biodynamic cultivation for 5 years (7 years organic)

Harvest

manual at checkout

Winemaking

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

Breeding

5 months in stainless steel tanks

Alcohol content

12.5%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

pale yellow with golden highlights

Nose

scents of white flowers, with a hint of aniseed

Mouth

full-bodied, with a gradual aromatic evolution and perception, and a hint of minerality on the finish

Serve

at 7-10°C

Open

and serve

Drink from

2013

Drink before

2015

Production

13,000 bottles

Food and wine pairing

A déguster en apéritif, avec des poissons ou des crustacés ou bien avec des fromages... <br/>

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Expert opinion

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

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.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.4/5

out of 16 reviews