Domaine Comte Abbatucci - Diplomate d'Empire 2023
94/100
James Suckling
"A Collector's item up for grabs!"
Diplomat has a limpid, brilliant color with green and light golden highlights. On the nose, aromas of white and yellow flowers (chamomile, broom and lemon blossom) are followed by fruity scents (peaches, mirabelle plums and ripe melons). The attack is lively and frank, well-balanced with a full, silky texture. This intense wine coats the palate with aromas of ripe, sweet yellow fruit, spicy notes and peppery bitterness. Beautiful freshness, harmonious balance and a long, persistent finish, with mineral notes and fine salinity. - Limited quantities available!
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Eye
Clear, brilliant colour with green and light golden highlights
Nose
Aromas of white and yellow flowers (chamomile, broom and lemon blossom), followed by fruity scents (peaches, mirabelle plums and ripe melons).
Mouth
Lively, clean attack, well-balanced with a full, silky texture. Intense, mouth-filling aromas of sweet, ripe yellow fruit, spicy notes and peppery bitterness. Beautiful freshness, harmonious balance and persistent length on the palate, with mineral notes and fine salinity.
Serve
Decant at 12°C
Open
1 to 2 hours before
Drink before
2033
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy on its own for pleasure, or with lobster, a range of noble fish in sauce, or simply grilled, white meats and dry goat's cheese...
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (2020 guide) 4*Stars (Very high quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)
About the domain :
In this historic landmark of Ajaccio vineyards, whose unique collection of old local white grape varieties has raised awareness of the moral and cultural obligation to diversify grape varieties throughout Corsica, Jean-Charles Abbatucci practices irreproachable viticulture with contagious generosity. The recent wines have the suppleness, naturalness and smoothness expected of them, and have clearly improved in consistency thanks to the complicity between the owner and a remarkable consultant oenologist, Emmanuel Gagnepain. Cuvée Faustine shines with pure finesse, while the grand cuvées Collection, Ministre, Général and Diplomate offer the refined complexity of their pioneering grape varieties. New cuvées, monte-bianco, alte-rosso, valle-di-nero, are starting to be produced, but the estate has not yet sent them out for tasting. That will be next year.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine rated (guide 2023) 3*Stars (They represent the excellence of the French vineyard. The best terroirs cultivated by the greatest winemakers. Tasting their wines is always a magical experience)
About the domain :
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 indigenous Corsican grape varieties. Jean-Charles Abbatucci, Antoine's son, has taken the estate to the next level (massal selections, demanding biodynamics, rootstocks adapted to soil and climate...). The wines are easy to digest and fine, thanks to the refusal of excessive interventionism, and the maturing process has been refined by the use of foudres and concrete eggs.
James Suckling
Wine rated (guide 2023) 94/100 (Vintage 2021)
Customer rating
5/5
on 1 reviews
Note and review by Mme MURIEL L. Published on 23/09/2025
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