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Ile de Beauté

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Cork

Deep ruby-garnet in the glass, this wine from the sun-bleached limestone cliffs of Bonifacio announces itself with a richly aromatic nose of wild blackberry, sun-dried tomato and plum, tangled with the fragrant Corsican maquis (rosemary, cistus and dried herbs) and an undercurrent of smoked olive and iron earth. On the palate, it is medium-to-full bodied with a warm, generous entry that speaks of the island's intense Mediterranean sun, the fruit ripe but tamed, dark cherry and blackcurrant framed by fine, slightly grippy tannins. The limestone soils of Bonifacio assert themselves emphatically on the finish, where a long, saline, chalky minerality cuts through the wine's natural richness with real precision and lift. A terroir/airoir/méroir-driven red that captures the windswept island character of southern Corsica, and a testament to the Buzzo family's centuries-deep connection to this remarkable mountain in the sea. Charcuterie or wild game is the natural pairing. Needs a good decant.

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Buzzo Bunifazziu, Cian di Fossi, Ile de Beauté, Corsica, France, 2023

Deep ruby-garnet in the glass, this wine from the sun-bleached limestone cliffs of Bonifacio announces itself with a richly arom

Buzzo Bunifazziu, Cian di Fossi, Ile de Beauté, 2023

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