GRAND BLANC®
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The Grand Blanc® is the most sought after wine in Corsica with a 2,5 hectares plot. This confidential production gives birth to a mysterious cru for both its rarity and taste singularity. Its Vermentino expression is particularly complex and mineral which is a sign of the greatest fine wines.
The Grand Blanc® is riddled with a golden colour. Seductive and very intense in the nose, it develops floral aromatic notes of white flowers like hawthorn. The dry fruits aromatic bouquet reveals all the abundance of the Campo Maggiore Terroir that will sweep you off your feet. This wine produces a unique tension between the freshness of Maquis herbs on the palate and the salinity end that lengthen the flavour. It is the true reflection of the Campo Maggiore Terroir. |
Grape variety : 100% Vermentino
Harvest : 20 kg caissettes Fermentation : Indigenous yeast and gravitation only
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Food Pairing
This wine accompanies best shellfish and seashell dishes such as lobster, spiny lobster and spaghetti alle vongole. Meats like veal and suckling pig will linger for the Grand Blanc. The sharpness of asparagus and fennel taste will complement the elegant structure of the wine.
RIVAGE DE FARINOLE COLLECTION
All the dextirity of the Guissani Paoli in a second wine
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Wine tasting notesIt is elaborated by Guissani Paoli following the same precision of organic farming of its elders. The Rivage de Farinole Blanc, Rouge, Rosé embody the warm delightful Mediterranean summer with their voluptuous and sensual notes that melt in refreshing citrusy ensembles.
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More informationGrape variety : Niellucciu, Vermentino, Rossola
Harvest : 20 kg caissettes Fermentation : Indigenous yeast and gravitation only
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GRAPPE VARIETIES
The conservation of Corsican Grape types
VERMENTINO
A rare, splendid and puzzling grape variety
The Vermentino is king in the peculiar Corsican climate crafted by mountains and seashore closeness. It is the perfect environment to achieve exceptional white wines. The Vermentino grape type has been cultivated in Corsica since the antiquity. It is characterised by conic grape shape with rose-amber berries. The common notes are light, refreshing and fruity.
This iconic Mediterranean shoreline white grape type is magnified by the Campo Maggiore Terroir. It evolves from a common fruity light wine to a complex nose of white flowers with maquis and bitter almond. The South wind that shovels into the valley crystallises a light salinity on the outer skin of the berry that gives a unique saline aftertaste. |
NIELLUCCIU
The AOC Patrimonio flagship grape variety
The Sangiovese or Niellucciu in Corsica is the emblematic grape type of Tuscany’s great vintages. It needs careful attention from the culture to the vinification, but if worked with panache it produces the most refined, equilibrate and of great aging potential wines.
A small yield and an over-maturation of the berries are keys to succeed in the growing of the Sangiovese in order to enhance grape potential. The Sangiovese enjoys high fluctuation between day and night temperatures and if this is the case it gives the most aromatic spicy red cherry notes. The Guissani Paoli tannins are powerful; yet the specificities of both the microclimate and terroir makes a balance between astringency and velvet on the palate. Back at the Genoan empire, all of the Patrimonio wine production was shipped to delight its nobility. |
ROSSOLA BIANCA
The Rossola Bianca (cousin of l’Ugni Blanc or Trebbiano) is a grape type characterised by strong nervosity and acidity. It produces large grapes that are elongated like a foxtail. The star grape type of Cognac grows well on the Campo Maggiore soil. The Rossola Bianca brings freshness and delicacy to wines in assemblages. It sublimates wines to make them stand out.
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CARCAGHJOLU NERO
The Carcaghjolu Neru is a native Corsican grape type. The Guissani Paoli estate purposely kept cultivating a few samples. This 140 year old vines now constitute an exceptional ampelographic heritage. The Carcaghjolu Neru has not been used in the Guissani Paoli wines for over 50 years.
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