Crafted from the Clos Poggiale vineyards on the east coast of Corsica, with its unique micro-climate, influenced by the sea and mountains, this Sangiovese (Nielluccio) and Syrah blend has been cultivated with organic farming techniques. The wine is deep ruby red in the glass, it’s bouquet abundant with hints of raspberry liqueur and warm caramel. This is well crafted wine with an elegant and silky finish. For more detail

Clos Poggiale Blanc, Vermentino

The late ripening grape variety, Vermentino, comes from vines cultivated in the barren but deep soils of the Corsican vineyards of Clos Poggiale. Our Vermentino is a combination of zesty citrus and floral notes. It is a delightful, versatile wine with a distinctive combination of freshness and refinement. For more detail  

A Taste of History

During the early ‘60s, the Skalli family discovered a plot of land on a flank of the Corsican mountains, with the blue Mediterranean stretching out below; Clos Poggiale (“high point” in Corsican) was born. There, in the heart of the pungent marquis, where olive fragrances intermingle with those of myrtle, rockrose and arbutus, nature has fulfilled the conditions for producing a great wine.

Soon the traditional Syrah, Nielluccio and Vermentino vines spread their roots and began flourishing in this chosen, AOC classified soils. With successive harvests, close observation and deeper understanding of the vineyard, wines with still more distinctive personality resulted and a truly exceptional wine was produced by vintage 2000.

From that moment, each vine has undergone meticulous care involving cluster selection, increased exposure to sunlight and late harvesting to bring out the magic of the terroir. After separate vinification, the powerful flavors of Syrah were blended with the delicate Nielluccio to produce Clos Poggiale red: a fine wine full of personality, vinous and suave like its terroir. Then came Clos Poggiale white, its fresh aroma arising from the careful vinification of Vermentino. Today, each vintage of Clos Poggiale continues to reveal its astonishing, multi-faceted personality characterized by full-bodied, fruity roundness and vigor.

The Vineyards

A truly unique terroir between the mountains and the sea, the vineyard of Clos Poggiale extends over an area of 10 hectares on the plateau of Pianiccia backing onto the mountains of Haute Corse. Produced by erosion of the neighboring rock where the soils of the Pianiccia plateau are essentially deep, though not that fertile, the top of the hills consist of granite arenite and colluviums (fine sedimentary deposits) with the lower soils a calcareous clay that radiates a great deal of heat from the predominantly red-brown, soil.

With its proximity to both the mountains and the Mediterranean, an exceptional micro-climate notable for wide differences between the day and night temperatures makes this terroir an oasis of coolness in the fierce Corsican sun.

Corsican by its very nature, Clos Poggiale are an intrinsic part of the untamed beauty of the island. The cultivation methods used on the vines in no way detract from this unspoiled environment while the vines are tended to very stringent specifications to bring out all the potential of this outstanding terroir.