Corsica Flashcards
How many nations ruled Corsica?
6
When did Phoceaean traders found a settlement on Corsica?
570 BC
When were Romans on Corsica?
2-5th c AD
Who were the Saracens?
An Islamic people who ruled Corsica from 700-800 AD
When did Genoa rule Corsica?
13-18th c
What happened with the Treaty of Versailles?
1768, Genoa gave control of Corsica to France
Sciacarello is known as what in Italy?
Mammolo
What was Corsica’s 1st AOC?
Patrimonio 1968
How many AOCs on Corsica?
9
What % of production on Corsica is AOC?
30%
How many IGPs on Corsica?
2
What % of Corsican production is IGP?
60%
Corsica distance from surrounding countries?
France; 100m, Italy 50 m, Sardinia, 7 miles
Corsica climate?
Med w/ oceanic and alpine influence. Hotter and drier than mainland
Hours of sunshine in Corsica?
2,885 per year
What is the median rainfall in Corsica?
29 in per year, very little in Aug, Sept
Where are Corsica’s vineyards located?
A ring all around islands coastline
Corsica is a bulge in what?
The Hercynian Trend
T/F Corsica is the most mountainous island in the Med Sea?
T
How many soils in Corsica for wine?
7
What is soil in Cap Corse?
Schist
What grape does well in Cap Corse?
Vermentino, also fortified wines
What are the soils of Patrimonio?
Limestone and clay
What grape does well in Patrimonio?
Nielluccio, full bodied, fruit forward with a tight core of minerality and herb scented aroma
What is Nielluccio?
Sangiovese
What is the soil in Ajaccio?
Mostly granite
What grape does well in Ajaccio?
Sciaccarello, richer and more full bodied than other parts of the island
What AOCs are on Corsica’s east coast?
Vin de Corse AOC, Vin de Corse Porto Vecchio AOC
What are the soils of Corsica’s east coast?
Marly sand mixed with limestone
What style of wines come from Corsica’s east coast?
Light bodied, fresh, fruit forward red, rose, whites
Does Corsica produce more white or red
Red, only 1/3 is white
What is Corsica’s most planted white AOC grape?
Vermentino
What styles can Vermentino produce?
Lively, aromatic, and fat, round
What are the AOC whites of Corsica?
Vermentino, UB, Codivarta, Muscat a Petit Grains
What is Codivarta?
White Italian grape, good extract, moderate abv, moderate to low acid
What grape crafts fortified dessert wines on the peninsula of Cap Corse?
Muscat a Petit Grains Blanc
What is Corsica’s most widely planted AOC red?
Nielluccio
Sciaccarello character?
Light pigment, bright acid, generous alcohol
What are the red AOC grapes of Corsica?
Nielluccio, Sciaccarello, Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Carignan, Mourvedre, Barbarossa
Where does Grenache have a significant role in Corsica?
Cap Corse
What white grape is used mostly for IGP wines?
Ch, also Muscat PG
Corsica’s red IGP grapes?
ML (30% of plantings), CS, PN, and AOC grapes
Corsica vine training?
Gobelet, single Guyot, Cordon de Royat
Corsica pests?
Cicadas
T/F Vin de Corse covers entire island?
T, but most production is in east.
What are the Vin de Corse sub appellations?
- Corse Coteaux du Cap Corse, Corse Calvi, Corse Sartène, Corse Figari, Corse Porto Vecchio
What AOC produces 45% of Corsica’s AOC wines?
Vin de Corse AOC, and its sub regions
Required grapes for rose/red Vin de Corse AOC?
Min 50% Niellucio, Sciacarellu, Grenache, max 20% Carignan
What is the primary white grape of Vin de Corse AOC?
Vermentino
What is the primary style of Ajaccio AOC?
Med bodied red/rose. Min 60% Sciacrello w/ Niellucio Barbarossa, Vermentino
Grapes for Ajaccio AOC white?
Min 80% Vermentino, with UG
Patrimonio AOC red wine min?
Min 90% Niellucio
Patrimonio AOC rose wine min?
Min 75% Niellucio w/ Sciacarello, GR, Vermentio
Patrimonio AOC white grapes?
100% Vermentino
What AOC produces fortified wine?
Muscat du Cap Corse AOC. 100% Musca PG, 15-18% abv, min 95 g/l rs
What is Corsica’s island wide IGP?
IGP Île de Beauté
What % of Corsica’s production is Île de Beauté?
60%
IGP Mediterranée is shared with what other regions?
Provence, Rhone, Corsica
