Description
Antonella Corda grew up among the vineyards in a family of winegrowers. Her mother gave her a love for the land and her father instilled in her a passion for the job.
Antonella became an agronomist specialized in wine-making management and inherited the family tradition (some favourite vineyards from her grandfather, Antonio Argiolas) in 2010. She took the winery's reins in hand and transformed it into an ambitious and innovative project that honours its past.. a boutique winery capable of producing fine Sardinian wines worthy of representing Sardinia around the world.
"Saline and succulent. A broad swathe of wine picking up fat peaches, bitter almonds, fresh-cut grass and crushed fig leaves in its generous sweep, leaving behind a peppery, crushed-dried-sage-leaf fragrance. Unusually complex Vermentino built broad and marbled, like white colonnades holding strong and still in sunlight, sea winds and the warm brush of ripe figs." (Tamlyn Currin for Jancis Robinson)
Taste
Fragrant and intense, this Vermentino reflects Mediterranean garden essences: orange, grapefruit, lemon blossoms, sage, and capers. Tingling acidity brightens its warmer, softer tones.
Food Matching
Pairs well with fish and crustacean first courses. Excellent as aperitif with salted caper hors d’oeuvres.
Appellation
Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
Vinification
The hand-picked grapes are cooled before processing. All operations are carried out in the absence of oxygen thanks to the use of dry ice to preserve the grapes and reduce the use of SO2. The descending is followed by a very soft pressing in a vacuum press. The must is fermented at controlled temp for about 15 days.
Aging
6 months in steel tanks on fine lees