Domaine Vico - Clos Venturi - White 2022
Le Clos Venturi is located in the town of Piedigriggio, in the center of Corsica . The domain is managed by Emmanuel Venturi . His father, a graduate in oenology, first took over the management of the Casinca cooperative on the eastern coast of Corsica. In the 1980s, he bought a magnificent domain in difficulty: the Domaine de Vico. Emmanuel's childhood and adolescence are punctuated by these two places. Emmanuel leaves to study on the continent (law studies, business school, DESS in sustainable tourism) but his love of the island of beauty brings him back to the family estate. It was then that his father told him about a project he had since acquiring the estate: the creation of Clos Venturi, an isolated enclosure with its own identity, a cooler climate with atypical soils. Le Clos Venturi, created in 2005, is a 28-hectare plot located on a sandstone hill dating from the Miocene, set on a magmatic zone. The median altitude of the vines culminates at 480 meters. Biodynamic viticulture of native grape varieties has been practiced for about ten years. The estate is certified organic , and in the process of converting to biodynamic certification. Emmanuel Venturi also has an activity as a beekeeper and breeder of sheep and hens by environmental conviction.
Clos Venturi Blanc is made from Vermentinu , grown on a sandstone terroir at the bottom of the hills. After the manual harvest, the grapes are de-stemmed then put into cold pre-fermentation maceration for 48 to 72 hours. After pressing, fermentation begins spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in ovoid concrete vats. The wine is aged for 8 to 9 months on fine lees .
Grape variety: 100% Vermentinu