As you wander through Ajaccio, Corsica’s lively capital, you’ll see streets, plazas, and monuments bearing the name Abbatucci. Here, Abbatucci is practically synonymous with Corsican heritage, thanks to General Jean-Charles Abbatucci, a French Revolutionary War hero who died on the battlefield at just 25, shortly after becoming a Brigadier General.

A few dozen decades later, in the 1960s, winemaker Antoine Abbatucci saw another battle unfolding—the quiet loss of Corsica’s native grapes. Ampelography became his obsession, and he traveled the island, collecting cuttings of wild vines found deep in the mountainous interior. He returned home and replanted them on his estate, ensuring their survival. Today, 18 indigenous varieties remain, the foundation of the domaine’s extraordinary wines.

Now under the care of Antoine’s son Jean-Charles and his granddaughter Faustine, Domaine Abbatucci is as much a celebration of Corsica as it is a working vineyard. Farming is biodynamic, the land a thriving polyculture where sheep graze freely, wild thyme, lavender, and immortelles bloom, and only seawater is used to treat the vines. In this landscape of beauty and intention, Jean-Charles brings his own kind of magic. He’s known to drive his tractor through the vineyards, playing traditional Corsican polyphonic songs over loudspeakers. After harvest, the same music fills the cellar, serenading the fermenting wines.

Général de la Révolution is 25% carcajolu biancu, 25% paga debbiti, 20% riminese, 15% rossola bradica, and the remainder biancone and vermentinu. These grapes are interspersed in a vineyard interspersed with native grasses and plants. The grapes are hand harvested and vinified in tank before being aged in 600 liter demi-muids. This wine is light and lovely, soft pear and gooseberry, lime, honey, and fennel, stones and the feeling of the ocean nearby.