Variety: 100% Niellucciu (Sangiovese)
Location: Corsica, FR

Cranberry and raspberry, stewed cherry, saddle and grip with a touch of earthy minerality and spice.

Native yeast is used and the wine is unfined & unfiltered.

Thomas Santamaria is the 6th generation to take over the estate which, over the years, has acquired 30 hectares of vines across the Oletta, Olmeta-di-Tuda, and St. -Florent communes on the island of Corsica planted in schist and limestone soils. Much like their neighbors at Clos Marfisi, previous generations had farmed in the traditional ways, and never gave into outside pressure in regards to using herbicides and pesticides, which unfortunately became common in the 1970s. Thomas has begun to take a step further. He maintains strict organic farming principles, with the estate becoming certified in 2011, and is looking at biodynamic treatments as well as following the lunar cycle for all vineyard work. This Niellucciu comes from a parcel of 25-year-old vines that sit in a unique microclimate due to the effect of a nearby lake.