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Sirocco Blanc 2023 is Domaine Vaccelli’s exclusive and iconic cuvée — a unique blend of Vermentinu and four extremely rare indigenous Corsican grape varieties, “a true marvel, one of a kind.”
The color is golden yellow with brilliant highlights. The nose is open and very expressive, with notes of acacia, butter, and hazelnut, along with hints of lemon and pomelo. The palate is full-bodied and round, with a beautiful, coating texture, freshness, and a slight bitterness on the finish. Serve at 12–14 °C.
80% Vermentinu, Carcaghjolu Blancu, Riminese, Genovese, and Cudivarta; organic 2019; granitic soils; Taravu Valley. Stockinger casks and demi-muids for 12 months on lees, followed by 7 months in stainless steel tanks.
Aging potential: 5–8 years.
Sirocco Blanc is Domaine Vaccelli’s rarest and most exclusive cuvée—a Vin de France born from a blend that is unique in the world: Vermentinu (80%), Corsica’s iconic grape variety, combined with four extremely rare indigenous Corsican white grape varieties—carcaghjolu blancu, riminese, genovese, and cudivarta. These grape varieties, preserved on the island for centuries, bring a complexity and identity that no other wine in the world can replicate.
Domaine Vaccelli is located in Cognocoli-Monticchi, in the Taravu Valley, in southern Corsica between Ajaccio and Propriano. Founded in the 1960s by the Courrèges family, it is now run by Gérard and Nathalie Courrèges on 25 hectares of granite-sand hillsides—soils formed by the decomposition of granite, well-drained and poor, which give the wines their characteristic minerality and finesse. Certified organic since 2019.
The winemaking process for Sirocco Blanc is ambitious: direct pressing, 24-hour settling at 10°C, 12 months of aging in 12-hl casks (Stockinger and Rousseau) and 500L demi-muids on full lees, followed by 7 months in stainless steel tanks on fine lees—a total aging period of 19 months that builds the wine’s texture and complexity.
Serve at 12–14 °C. Food pairings: lard-wrapped monkfish, fine fish in sauce, Corsican cheeses, poultry. Aging potential: 5–8 years.
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Carcaghjolu Bianco, Ghjenuvese, Cudiverta, Riminese, and Vermentino
The Granit 174 Rouge 2023 is Domaine Vaccelli’s rarest and most exclusive cuvée — a micro-plot of 0.174 hectares within the Granit plot, with fewer than 300 bottles produced.
The color is an intense ruby with purplish highlights. The nose is very expressive, with red fruit, blood orange, and spicy and floral notes. The palate is delicate, full-bodied, and elegant, with fine, silky tannins and a long, mineral finish. Decant and serve at 16 °C.
Sciaccarellu 20%, Carcaghjolu Neru 40%, Minustellu 40%, organic 2019, granitic soils of Cognocoli-Monticchi. Vinification in tanks with gentle extraction, indigenous yeasts selected from the vineyard, aged for 29 months in demi-muids.
Aging potential: 2025–2031.
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Quartz rouge du domaine de Vaccelli is an elegant, intense Corsican red wine. This wine has benefited from 28 months of aging in demi-muids. The profile of this wine is more infusion than structure, in order to obtain a cuvée with just the right amount of tannin. It develops on notes of red fruit, elegant oak and smoke. Superb overall freshness.
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Chioso Novo Red 2023 — "clos nouveau" in Corsican — is Domaine Vaccelli’s newest and most exclusive cuvée, made from old Black Grenache vines dating back to 1964 that were grafted onto Sciaccarellu rootstock in 2019.
The color is a vivid ruby. The nose is delicate, with red currant and small red berries, along with floral and spicy notes. The palate reveals magnificent tension and a subtle, well-integrated sweetness; the finish is long and briny. Decant for 45 minutes; serve at 16 °C.
Sciaccarellu from old Grenache vines planted in 1964, grafted in 2019, certified organic in 2019, grown on the granitic soils of Cognocoli-Monticchi. Aged exclusively in wine globes, with natural volcanic sulfur; very low sulfur content.
Cellaring potential: 2025–2033.
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Sirocco Blanc 2023 is Domaine Vaccelli’s exclusive and iconic cuvée — a unique blend of Vermentinu and four extremely rare indigenous Corsican grape varieties, “a true marvel, one of a kind.”
The color is golden yellow with brilliant highlights. The nose is open and very expressive, with notes of acacia, butter, and hazelnut, along with hints of lemon and pomelo. The palate is full-bodied and round, with a beautiful, coating texture, freshness, and a slight bitterness on the finish. Serve at 12–14 °C.
80% Vermentinu, Carcaghjolu Blancu, Riminese, Genovese, and Cudivarta; organic 2019; granitic soils; Taravu Valley. Stockinger casks and demi-muids for 12 months on lees, followed by 7 months in stainless steel tanks.
Aging potential: 5–8 years.