Yves Leccia - IGP Ile de Beauté YL rouge 2022

Name: Yves Leccia - IGP Ile de Beauté YL red 2022
Brand: Domaine d'E Croce Yves Leccia
Rating: 4.3 (6 reviews)

IGP Ile de Beauté|Red wine|Organic

Corsica

Red

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Drink or Keep

4.3/5 (6 customers)

92/100

RVF

16,5/20

Jancis Robinson

90/100

Bettane & Desseauve

grenache

crunchy

red berries

leg of lamb

"Juicy, with red berries and powdery tannins, it's a perfect combination!"

"Dominant Grenache and Niellucciu, dark red with purple highlights. Notes of blue plums and roses, fine, ripe and powdery. The mouth texture is tight, juicy and the tannins are just waiting to develop a patina over time. The whole is fresh and soon accessible, for five years or more". (Le Guide RVF 2024)

Features

Estate

Domaine d'E Croce Yves Leccia

Cuvée

Vintage

2022

Designation

IGP Ile de Beauté

Region

Corsica

Grape varieties

80% Grenache, 20% Nielluciu

Terroirs

Clay-limestone soil on schistous bedrock at the foot of the mountain range that extends from Cap Corse to Partinelone.

Viticulture

Certified organic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Destemming and crushing, maceration in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at 25-30°C for 12-15 days, daily pumping over for one hour, fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at 18°C for 15-20 days, devatting and blending of free-run juice and press juice.

Breeding

12 months in stainless steel tanks

Alcohol content

13.5%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Black cherry red

Nose

Delicious aromas of red fruit, raspberry, cherry and a hint of liquorice

Mouth

Delicious, very tasty, full of voluptuousness, supple and long-lasting.

Serve

AT 15-16°C

Drink before

2030

Food and wine pairing

Ideal with prime rib, leg of lamb, cheese platter...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Rated 90/100

About the wine:

Another very pure, clean thirst-quenching wine, perfectly in keeping with the desires of the time, without betraying the origin, and in keeping with the talent of the producer.

Guide Hachette des vins

Domaine noté (guide 2022) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

Yves Leccia, an oenologist involved in the revival and promotion of island wines, set up his own estate in 2005, after running the family business with his sister for some fifteen years. Today, with his wife Sandrine, he manages a 16-hectare vineyard on clay-limestone and schist soils in Poggio-d'Oletta. Certified organic since 2017, it is one of the pillars of the Patrimonio appellation, which is also often recognized for its Muscats.

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

Wine rated (guide 2024) 92/100

Domaine rated (guide 2022) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winemakers with good production levels, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)

About the wine:

Dominant Grenache and Niellucciu, dark red with purple highlights. Notes of blue plums and roses, fine, ripe and powdery. On the palate, the texture is tight, juicy and the tannins are just waiting to develop a patina over time. The whole is fresh and soon accessible, over five years or more.

About the domain :

Yves Leccia and his partner Sandrine run a vineyard located mainly on the E Croce and Partinelone plots. The land is ploughed and tilled, and organic fertilizers are used. In recent years, the estate has innovated with new wines such as O Bà, Biancu Marinu and L'Altru Biancu. These carefully-crafted wines remain good ambassadors for Corsican vineyards, but care must be taken not to erase too much of their individuality: some of the wines, more formatted than in the past, give pride of place to technicality.

Jancis Robinson

Wine rated (guide 2023) 16.5/20

About the wine:

A satiny wine with a spicy touch of nutmeg, violets and wild undergrowth in the fruit of dried cranberry and crushed raspberry. Fresh, juicy and playful.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4.3/5

out of 6 reviews

Note and review by M. GILLES D. Published on 17/09/2024

Thanks to a vintage brighter than 2021, this IGP with Côtes du Rhône accents is sun-kissed and delicious at all times. So generous, in fact, that it displays a whirlwind of black plum and jammy red berry flavors, combined with beautiful spices that delight a palate that's both full of vitality and voluptuous, with a graceful taffeta touch. This surge of dapper fruit coated with a hint of licorice closes the long, lingering finish. A little ageing should soften the slight astringency still present and allow the slightly tight tannins to melt more fully. But already irresistible, this versatile wine was shared with the family around a dish of Provençal-style headless larks and creamy polenta. Score = 4.2 for this slightly expensive "vin de soif".