L.N. Mattei ‘Cap Corse’ Blanc Quinquina grape brandy from Haitian Creole

from Haitian Creole

The whole cluster grapes undergo a semi-carbonic maceration

This champagne is 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Blanc

topped with crushed walnuts

L.N. Mattei ‘Cap Corse’ Blanc Quinquina grape brandy from Haitian CreoleIn 1872, a merchant named Louis Napolon Mattei named his aperitif wine after his native Cap Corse, a peninsula of Corsica that juts northward into the Mediterranean. A territory of France, Corsica has over the centuries been influenced by both France and Italy, as well as northern Africa. Mattei discovered the beneficial properties of cinchona tree bark during a voyage to the Caribbean, and he brought it to Cap Corse to blend with local wine made from