Yves Leccia - IGP Ile de Beauté Altru Biancu 2022
Corsica
White
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17/20
Jancis Robinson
"A pure Biancu Gentile bursting with energy, both round and lemony!"
"A crisp wine that seems to smell and taste as much of lemon-scented rock salt crystals as freshly baked sourdough bread and grated green apples. It's wonderful. It has a salty, limpid, dancing length - like looking through a telescope, from the top of a cliff, at a vast expanse of motionless ocean glistening in the sunlight. It is as thirst-quenching as it is thirst-quenching." (Jancis Robinson 2023).
Features
Estate
Domaine d'E Croce Yves Leccia
Cuvée
Altru Biancu
Vintage
2022
Designation
IGP Ile de Beauté
Region
Corsica
Grape varieties
100% Biancu Gentile
Terroirs
Clay-limestone soil on a schist bedrock at the foot of the mountain range that extends the Cap Corse.
Viticulture
Certified organic
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Whole harvest pressing, cold settling at 8°C for 24 hours, must fining, fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at 18°C, 15 to 20 days, no malolactic fermentation.
Breeding
6 months on fine lees in stainless steel tanks
Alcohol content
13.5%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Luminous, brilliant, light yellow colour.
Nose
Very expressive with notes of white flowers and honey
Mouth
Fresh, gourmand and mineral, tense finish
Serve
AT 8-10°C
Drink before
2029
Food and wine pairing
Goes well with grilled fish or a light sauce, or a cheese platter...
Domain by E Croce Yves Leccia
IGP Ile de Beauté
Expert opinion
Guide Hachette des vins
Domain rated (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
Domaine rated (2022 guide) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winegrowers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
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) 17/ 20
About the wine:
A crisp wine that seems to smell and taste as much of lemon-scented rock salt crystals as freshly baked sourdough bread and grated green apples. It's wonderful. It has a salty, limpid, dancing length - like looking through a telescope, from the top of a cliff, at a vast expanse of motionless ocean glistening in the sunlight. It is as thirst-quenching as it is thirst-quenching.
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