Yves Leccia : E Croce 2025

Characteristics and tasting tips for the E Croce 2025 cuvée from Domaine Yves Leccia

Tasting notes

Appearance
This wine displays a beautiful pale yellow hue, clear and brilliant, enhanced by delicate green highlights.

Nose
Remarkably refined, the nose reveals a complex bouquet blending aromas of white flowers and hawthorn with subtle notes of honey, citrus and gunflint.

Palate
The palate stands out for its freshness and mineral tension. Elegant and refined, it unfolds with flavorful notes of citrus and flint, stretching into a remarkably long finish.

Food and wine pairings
This white wine pairs wonderfully with cooked fish, shellfish or poultry in sauce. It will also enhance foie gras or a platter of mature cheeses.

Serving and cellaring
For optimal enjoyment, we recommend serving E Croce 2025 at a temperature between 8 and 10°C. Built to last, this wine will continue to evolve favorably in the cellar until around 2040.

Other characteristics
This wine is certified organic (FR-BIO-01), reflecting a deep respect for the environment throughout its production.

The freshness and minerality of a white wine from Patrimonio

The estate
Founded in 2004 by Yves and Sandrine Leccia, Domaine Yves Leccia is located in France, on the island of Corsica. Although the family's winemaking heritage is far older, it was at this point that the couple decided to create their own estate. Today, Yves Leccia, an emblematic figure of Corsican viticulture, still runs the property. Covering about fifteen hectares, the estate stands out for its environmental commitment and its desire to showcase indigenous grape varieties through cuvées of great precision.

The vineyard
This white wine from Patrimonio comes from the lieu-dit E Croce, an exceptional southwest-facing terroir. The vines thrive on clay-limestone soils resting on a bed of schist, at the foot of the mountains extending the Cap Corse. The vineyard benefits from an ideal maritime microclimate, influenced by the Gulf of Saint-Florent, which promotes optimal ripening of the berries while preserving their tension. Farmed organically, the vineyard receives meticulous care, with traditional soil cultivation, short pruning and exclusively hand-harvested grapes.

Winemaking and aging
To produce the E Croce 2025 cuvée, the grapes are whole-bunch pressed. The must then undergoes cold settling before fermenting in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. To preserve all the vibrancy and purity of the fruit, malolactic fermentation is not carried out. Finally, the wine is aged for six months in stainless steel tanks, with no oak contact, guaranteeing an authentic expression of its terroir.

Grape variety
100% Vermentino