the estate’s thick surrounding forests and steady breezes helped preserve freshness and balance in the final wine
which prioritize structural rigor and mineral tension over sheer volume
balancing the vintage’s bright nerve with a savory
grounded by the structural seriousness and architectural integrity inherent to this classic
Nebbiolo (the grape that makes Barolo & Barbaresco) is to Italy as Pinot Noir is to France – arguably the most important red grape and one of the best conduits of Italian terroir
2022 Clos Canarelli, Bonifacio Rouge, Tarra di Sognu, VdF Producer_Joseph Dorbon the estate’s thick surrounding forestsYves Canarelli is an incredible Corsican producer that I adore and have had the great pleasure to visit with numerous times over the years. The Canarelli winery is famous for their Figari wines which, like Ajaccio, is found in the southern part of the island of Corsica. Figari wines are famously grown on granit soils just like the wines you find in Ajaccio. However, in Bonifacio, the city and appellation at the very southern end of the island uniquely