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Yves Leccia - IGP Ile de Beauté Altru Biancu 2022

Corsica

White

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17/20

Jancis Robinson

biancu gentile
mineral
expressive
fish
cheeses

"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

Food and wine pairing

Goes well with grilled fish or a light sauce, or a cheese platter...

Domain by E Croce Yves Leccia

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Expert opinion

Guide Hachette des vins

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

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

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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