Yves Canarelli grew this wine at his estate in Tarabucetta, at the southern tip of Corsica, where ocean breezes blow across the granite hillsides, thickening grape skins and helping to keep disease at bay in his...
Yves Canarelli grew this wine at his estate in Tarabucetta, at the southern tip of Corsica, where ocean breezes blow across the granite hillsides, thickening grape skins and helping to keep disease at bay in his biodynamically farmed vineyards. Mainly niellucciu, with splashes of syrah and sciaccarellu, it’s an intense red in 2019, youthful and tight, with vise-grip tannins wrapping around violet-scented fruit. Fermented and aged in foudres for 14 to 18 months, the wine has a sense of size without weight, wanting time to relax in the cellar and fill in the details. The hints of herbs and red-berry fruit that come up with air are just the beginning. —T.Q.T.