Domaine Comte Abbatucci - Ministre Impérial 2023
95/100
RVF
92/100
Bettane & Desseauve
"The estate's flagship wine!"
A unique blend of seven almost forgotten Corsican grape varieties, this cuvée is named after Jacques-Pierre-Charles Abbatucci, Imperial Minister and friend of Napoleon III, who deserved the tribute of this wine. A blend of red fruits and sweet spices, offering a rich texture and very supple tannins. It is ready to drink now, but its aging potential of around fifteen years will reveal many secrets... • Limited quantities!
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Eye
Red color with intense garnet highlights
Nose
Powerful and complex, evoking the scents of Corsica with hints of ripe, tart red fruits (redcurrant and blackcurrant) as well as more subtle aromas of aromatic herbs.
Mouth
Ample with good length, delicately wooded, it displays the estate's characteristic mineral notes. The tannins are very elegant and the long, complex finish is supported by notes of ripe fruit.
Serve
Decant at 16°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink before
2038
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with grilled meats, stuffed lamb shoulder, a platter of Corsican cheeses...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rating (2025 guide) 92/100 (2022 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) 95/100 (2022 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.
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