Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 CRV10 Pacific Northwestern sweet cherries are

Pacific Northwestern sweet cherries are used to make this clear

concentrated berries that Flora Springs ferments in small lots and ages in French oak

different family branches

where precision viticulture meets natural winemaking

Fine tannins and bright acidity frame the medium body

Clos Fornelli Minustellu Chiosu Rouge 2023 CRV10 Pacific Northwestern sweet cherries areMinustellu is another of Corsica's nearly forgotten native grapes, a red variety planted in tiny quantities on the island. Clos Fornelli, organically farmed by the Vanucci Couloumre family in the commune of Tallone on the eastern coast, gives it the unfussy treatment it deserves: hand harvest, native yeast fermentation, concrete aging. The fruit comes off very stony alluvial soils washed down from the Castagniccia schist massif, and you taste that