100% Niellucciu from the E Code plot. Vinification in concrete vats. Extraction by pumping over. Long vatting followed by 20 months' ageing in demi-muids (capacity: 600 litres) for several wines.
For the two VINI NAVIGATI cuvées, the grapes come from very stony soil, made up of river alluvium from the schistose massif of Castagniccia. The work on the wood is made possible by two very fine, well-balanced raw materials’. Vini Navigati is mentioned as far back as Pliny the Elder. Transport by sea is supposed to improve the quality of Corsican wines, resulting in a more luxurious product’. (Fabien Gaveau, Historian). So here are two vintages with definite ageing potential that are both ‘navigable’...
Additional information: 600 bottles produced (red) and 600 bottles (white)