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Domaine San Micheli Corse Sartène rouge 2019
| Region | Corse |
| Appellation | Corse |
| Producer | Domaine San Micheli |
| Color | Pink |
| Grape variety | Sciacarellu, Niellucciu, Carignan. |
| Visual aspect | Beautiful dress red garnet. |
| Odor characteristic | Nose developed with the smell of undergrowth, wild, white truffles with great aromatic complexity. |
| Taste attributes | On the palate, fine wine and elegant, good length; the tannins are silky and fine. Wine very representative of the appellation and Sciaccarellu. |
| Aromas | Fruity |
| Type of terroir | Siliceous granite. |
| Breeding container | concrete tank Livestock. |
| Operating temperature | 8 ° |
| Aeration | non |
| Decanting | Non |
10 bottles in stock
The domain SAN MICHELI is one of the oldest appellation "Sartène" Property of the family since the eighteenth century, the estate is taken up in 1974 by John Paul and Benedict Phélip. The vineyard is located in the Valley of Ortolo, hillside at a place called "Capaneddi" oriented to the southwest, at the foot of the Cagna chain, which ensures beneficial changes in temperature for growing Vine . The vineyard now covers 22 hectares planted with conventional varieties of the appellation "Vin de Corse Sartène" and is led by rational and traditional way: Plowing autumn and spring, weeding and hoeing in the summer; many works are still manual, especially the harvest, to focus on quality of harvested berries.
It will take until 1960 to see prosper viticulture which will increase from 538 ha in 1961 to 2,400 ha in 1970 and fell to 850 ha in 1985. With an area of 152.4 ha in AOC and an average yield of 31.5 hl / ha, the vineyard is one of 5 Appellations Corsica Village.
The Corsican vineyards are present all around the island, the coast to the mountains. They have a Mediterranean climate and based on calcareous soils in Patrimonio, shale northeast (Cap Corse) and granitic south and west. In the 1960s, 14,000 hectares of vines are planted and vinified almost industrially. It was not until the 1990s that the winemakers are more interested in the quality of wines. Now, Corsican wines have an amazing structure. This is highlighted by the Union of Corsican wines and the Inter-Union Committee of Corsican wines that want more export their products abroad.