Corsica’s exciting wine diversity is growing fast. Boutique producers all over the island are working to re-establish long forgotten varieties and take advantage of the wealth of old vines still going strong. Around 64% of Corsica’s wine is bottled under the IGP appellation of Île de Beauté and around 30% bottled under the various AOCs.
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Situated on the central west side of Corsica, Ajaccio covers around 220 hectares, planted mainly with the red Sciacarello, Grenache, Cinsault, Cari...
Read more ▸Corse Calvi is a historical wine growing area in the north west of Corsica. Pretty hilltop villages face the sea. Around 300 hectares are planted i...
Read more ▸Corse Figari AOC covers wine production at the southern tip of Corsica, between the villages of Monacia d'Aullene and Sartene. Production here is p...
Read more ▸Île de Beauté is Corsica’s catch-all regional appellation for wines produced on the island and permits an plethora of grape varieties, some of ...
Read more ▸Patrimonio AOC on the island of Corsica produces interesting wines. The soils here are predominantly limestone, rather than the granite that charac...
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