Clos Fornelli Corse La Robe d'Ange Sciaccarellu Rouge

Clos Fornelli's Corse La Robe d'Ange is a light-bodied red from Corsica that delights in its red and black-cherry palate. Good tension plays between the racy acidity and gentle, light tannin. The intensely aromatic nose with notes of spice, pepper, rose and red fruit, characteristic of Sciaccarellu.

"Vinified in 2005, this is probably the first 100% sciaccarellu red wine (an emblematic variety of southern Corsica) for Haute-Corse, and the result is a very ‘personal’ wine. Selected indigenous yeasts and no sulphiting at the start of the harvest. Vinification in concrete vats. Three weeks‘ maceration, 6 to 10 months’ ageing.

Although sciaccarellu is very sensitive to hot weather, our vines are deliberately not irrigated, out of respect for the terroir (the vine is a dry crop) and out of respect for an increasingly scarce resource for which the vine is not a priority: water. It is through our vine-growing methods that we help our vines to adapt to global warming." -the producer

Food Pairing: grilled fish, white meat, tajine, sushi