Clos Venturi : Altare 2023

Characteristics and Tasting Tips for the Altare 2023 from Clos Venturi

Tasting

Color
The pale straw color is adorned with subtle golden highlights.

Nose
Lemon, mandarin, orange peel are just some of the fragrances blending in a rich and expressive nose.

Palate
A broad attack gives way to a lively palate, with delicate vanilla and woody aromas stretching to a persistent finish.

The refinement and richness of a Corsican white wine

The estate

Located in the high-altitude village of Ponte Leccia, Clos Venturi is one of Corsica’s newest estates, born in the early 2000s from the parceling of the best terroirs of the Domaine Vico, another property of Jean-Marc and Manu Venturi.

The vineyard

This Corse estate oversees a vineyard of around twenty hectares.

The wine

"Altare" is a vin de France white wine made from vines averaging 10 years old, planted on a terraced plot.

Winemaking and aging

Hand-harvested, the grapes are 100% destemmed before a 48-to-72-hour pre-fermentation maceration. Fermentation takes place in large oak vats with indigenous yeasts. The wine is aged for 14 months on fine lees in these vats, then 4 to 6 months in bottle before release.

Grape varieties

Biancu gentile, vermentinu, riminese, genovese, carcaghjolu blanc