Corsica

Clos Fornelli | Tallone

Certified Organic

Josée Vanucci and her husband, Fabrice Couloumère, left fast tracked careers in engineering and business in 2005 in order to return to Josée’s roots and take over her familial vineyard in eastern Corsica. Her grandparents only had a few rows of vines. Her father spent the 1960’s propagating indigenous Corsican varieties in spite of myriad disincentives from the government. Armed with a diploma in agricultural engineering, motivated by her childhood memories and a deep desire to return to her origins and carry her heritage forward, Josée and Fabrice began to cultivate and vinify her family vineyard under their own label. (read more)