Muscat Impassitu, Marie-Charlotte Pinelli - 2019

Marie-Charlotte Pinelli is a rockstar winemaker in my books. When her father took over a small parcel of Muscat, which was planted in 2001, she made the decision to leave her studies of architecture in Paris, move back to Corsica and help her father vinify their first wine. This was is in 2015. She was 19 years old. All wines are fermented naturally, without enzymes, fining, or anything she deems as detrimental to the wine. She is also a believer in “traditional work”, so all grapes are harvested by hand after trying on the vine for her Muscat Impassitu. A slow 24-hour pressing extracts the miniscule amount of juice A rich and luscious wine with notes of mandarin, peach, apricot, honeysuckle, caramel and dried jasmine. Perfect with a peach crostata or soft, funky cheeses.