Clos Culombu Rouge, Etienne Suzzoni, Corsica 2023

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Etienne Suzzoni, Clos Culombu, Calvi

Clos Culombu started in 1973: the soils, the vines, the grapes, and finally the wine. Using organic farming methods and a recent conversion to biodynamic practices, Paul, the eldest child in the Suzzoni family, with the support of his father Antoine, bought a few plots of land and set to work. His dream became a reality.
Although most of the winemaking on the island of Corsica at this time was just really dabbling around, Paul and his father planted their first Niellucciu vines in 1973 in the communes of Lumiu and Montegrosso, and vinified their first cuvées three years later.
Etienne, the youngest son, took over the domaine in 1986 after completing his studies in veterinary medicine in Paris. Passionate about the terroir and aware of the potential of Calvi wines, he invested in the domaine with the aim of expanding the total vineyard area. Today the domaine has over 64 hectares of vines, 12 hectares of olive trees, and has a herd of 40 cattle grazing over the 30 hectares of meadows and oak groves.
2016 marked a new chapter for the family-run domaine, with the arrival of Etienne’s eldest son, Paul-Antoine, who had the honour of vinifying the 40th vintage of Clos Culombu.

Bright, spicy red comes from vines that are between 7 and 25 years of age, grown on the granitic northwest coast of Corsica, between the sea and the mountains. The Sciaccarellu is from 2 separete parcels, Maiù and Padula. The Niellucciu comes from the Falasca and Lucciana parcels, the Syrah from the famed Campu Negru plot, and the Minustellu from the Eria vineyard. Fermented in cement, it sits on its lees for 4-8 months (vintage dependent), before being bottled unfined, lightly filtered. It is full of spicy red fruit and meat notes, on a medium weight structure that remains fresh as it ends in a long mineral finish.

Grapes: 30% Sciaccarellu, 50% Niellucio, 10% Syrah, 10% Grenache

Organic