Domaine Comte Abbatucci - Faustine Vieilles Vignes rouge 2024
93/100
RVF
91/100
Bettane & Desseauve
"The estate's flagship vintage, to drink now or lay down!"
Faustine Rouge is fresh and easy to drink, revealing red fruits and small black fruits dominated by aromas of wild berries, subtle notes of pepper, and spices. The whole is carried by beautiful, supple, and crisp tannins and a lovely, intense fruity finish. A must-try!
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Eye
Cherry red with ruby highlights
Nose
Complex, red fruits and small black fruits dominated by aromas of wild berries (myrtle) and scrubland, subtle notes of pepper and spices.
Mouth
The beautiful aromatic palette perceived on the nose is found on the palate, with lovely fine, silky tannins and a lovely intense fruity finish.
Serve
At 14-16°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink before
2030
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with grilled lamb, cold cuts, Corsican cheeses...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rating (2025 guide) 91/100 (2023 vintage)
Rated estate (2020 guide) 4 stars (Producers of very high quality, those who are the pride of French vineyards)
About the estate:
In this historic wine-growing region of Ajaccio, whose unique collection of old local white grape varieties has raised awareness of the moral and cultural obligation to diversify the grape varieties grown throughout Corsica, Jean-Charles Abbatucci practices impeccable viticulture with contagious generosity. The recent wines have the suppleness, naturalness, and smoothness one would expect of them, and have made significant progress in terms of consistency thanks to the collaboration between the owner and a remarkable consultant oenologist, Emmanuel Gagnepain. The Faustine cuvée shines with its pure finesse, while the great collection cuvées, Ministre, Général and Diplomate, offer the refined complexity of their pioneering grape varieties. New cuvées, Monte-Bianco, Alte-Rosso and Valle-di-Nero, are beginning to be produced, but the estate has not sent them for tasting. That will be for next year.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rating (2025 guide) 93/100 (2023 vintage)
Rated estate (2023 guide) 3 stars (These represent the excellence of French vineyards. The best terroirs cultivated by the greatest winemakers. Tasting their wine is always a magical moment.)
About the estate:
The history of this estate began in the 20th century with a visionary, Antoine Abbatucci, the founder of this wine nursery, a veritable conservatory of native Corsican grape varieties. Jean-Charles Abbatucci, Antoine's son, took the estate to a higher level (massal selections, demanding biodynamics, rootstocks adapted to the soil and climate, etc.). The entry-level wines are remarkable; in the magnificent blends, each grape variety contributes its own aromas, freshness, substance, or consistency. The wines are easy to drink and refined, thanks to the refusal to intervene excessively, and the aging process has been refined through the use of large oak casks and concrete eggs.
Customer rating
4/5
based on 1 review
Review and opinion by Mr. SYLVAIN G. Published on 09/07/2025
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