Corsica from one of its most inhospitable corners: the Agriates Desert, a rugged, empty swath of land stretching between Cap Corse and Calvi. The Giacometti family took over these granite-studded vineyards in 1987, and after three decades of organic farming, the vines have learned to dig deep beneath the sea-salt crust to find water. The hot, dry libeccio wind that scours the place makes growing anything here laborious but happens to make organic viticulture easier. This is Patrimonio rosé built on Niellucciu (with a splash of Sciaccarellu), and it has the wild, mineral edge of other granite-rich terroirs - think northern Rhône, Beaujolais, Gredos. Scents of wild strawberry and citrus blossom, brushed with maquis and garrigue. Bone dry and bracingly fresh.