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DRINK OF THE WEEK
20th January 2025
Wine Atlas Ile de Beauté Rosé
Asda £7.00
Drinker Rating 90

There appears to be a new kid on the block and it comes in the form of wines labeled as Ile de Beauté. These are wines from what sounds like the perfect Mediterranean idyll, Corsica.

Why wouldn't this lovely little island plonked halway between Marsaille and Rome produce fabulous wines? Owned and occupied for three thousand years by the Greeks, Romans and now the French there's a lot of history here.

But more recently the wines from this little jewel have been hitting our shelves. A perfect location for growing international grape varieties such as those used in this rosé, grenache and syrah in particular. Perfectly balanced and really well priced this is a super wine from asn interesting new region.

In the words of the great Tim Vine:
Q: Can you tell me what a person from Corsica is called?
A: Corsican!

Cheers!

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