Comte Abbatucci, Vin de France Rouge "Faustine", 2025 reasonable cellar 2024 better with a couple of

better with a couple of years

mellowing to honeyed dark berries on the finish

The palate is crisp and refreshing

minimal lees stirring to keep everything fresh and transparent

' picked up the ball and ran

Comte Abbatucci, Vin de France Rouge "Faustine", 2025 reasonable cellar 2024 better with a couple ofThis is the red half of Abbatucci's Faustine pair, and it's your introduction to Sciaccarellu, Corsica's great red grape that almost nobody grows off the island. Led by Sciaccarellu (roughly 70%) with a substantial share of Niellucciu (roughly 30%), it comes from granite soils near Ajaccio, farmed by one of the Mediterranean's most committed biodynamic growers. The grapes are destemmed but not crushed, macerated about a month in concrete, fermented