Corsica
Batolaccio - 2019 - Simon Giacometti
Domaine Giacometti
Powerful, complex nose, broad aromatic palette carried by notes of black fruit jam, maquis, eucalyptus, soft spices, undergrowth... Ample palate, very beautiful volume, smooth and luscious tannins, long and diffuse finish.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 14.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2032
- rock’n’roll
100% Niellucio from vines grown organically, planted on the granitic soils of Northern Corsica, and harvested by hand. Natural vinification: total destemming, 15 days of maceration in stainless steel vats with a slight daily pumping-over. Devatting by gravity, gentle pressing, blending of the free-run and press juices. Long aging: 34 months of aging in stainless steel vats, on fine lees. Bottled at the estate without fining or filtration, just a micro-dose of sulphur.
Simon Giacometti
Simon and Sarah Giacometti, brother and sister, are at the helm of the eponymous Estate located in the small village of Casta, 15 minutes from Saint Florent and the Mediterranean Sea, Northern Corsica. Their father and grandfather decided to buy the domaine in 1987, a true family-oriented and atypical adventure since one was a potter and the other was the head of a public works company... The...
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