Domaine Pieretti Rosé 2011 Sartene Corsica

Domaine Pieretti Rosé 2011 from Sartene in Corsica, Phillipe Farinelli’s Corsican rosé wine, from a blend of Vermentino and Sciacarello with a splash of Nielluccio. It is pale salmon - nearly onion skin coloured and has low aromas of rhubarb, nectarine and flowers, clean but single dimensional. On the palate once more rhubarb, nectarine and strawberry with a medium acidity that merely keeps it fresh, the alcohol is low ( 11.5%) but the wine is a simple rosé wine that has a medium to short finish, best enjoyed with a shellfish or fish on a summers day. Supplied by Yapp Brothers £11.25.
Score : 79

Corsican Clos Culombu Rosé 2010

Corsican Clos Culombu Rosé 2010 is from Calvi in North West Corsica, it is from a winery founded by Paul Suzzoni in the mid 1980's and run by his brother Ettienne as is 95ha in size. Low intervention viticulture with few chemicals and weedkillers added, and low yields (by debudding and green harvesting) ensure good quality wine potential. The dominant grape here is Sangiovese ( a grape which one thinks of as an Italian variety.... well, Corsica is thought of as French/Italian)

This wine is a bright but very pale salmon and on the nose one immediately is struck by the red berry fruits interminglad with pink grapefruit and flowers, these are echoed on the palate and the length is good with a citric pith finish, the acidity is not high and the alcohol is merely 12.5% and well integrated. A fresh, clean wine of the easy drinking variety, though it would stand up to a risotto or simple chicken dishes. Sold by The Wine Society at £12.50.
Score : 85