Cannonau di Sardegna DOC 6 x 75cl

After fermentation on the skins for a period of 15/20 days, it matures in French oak tonneaux for at least 12 months, followed by a further 6 months of ageing in bottles lying down.

 

Luminous ruby red colour animated by evident violet notes, a prelude to the fresh scents of Mediterranean maquis, rosemary with notes of red fruit and berries, marasca cherry and myrtle accompanied by a touch of spicy notes conferred by the elevation in French oak barrels.

 

On the palate the warm impact is followed by a notable freshness with distinctive savoury notes and an elegant texture of tannins, which fit well together in the wine’s soft and velvety structure. Good intensity and persistence.

The Atha Ruja vineyards are located a few km from Dorgali, within the National Park of the Gulf of Orosei and Gennargentu, in the heart of the Oddoene Valley, an area traditionally devoted to viticulture and known as one of the cru areas for the Sardinian vine par excellence: Cannonau.

 

We are the guardians of a still uncontaminated area and we want to preserve it by fully adhering to the rules of organic farming. An original core of Mediterranean scrub still thrives in the middle of the vineyard, which is in part cultivated in head-trained bush vines over fifty years old, and in part as spurred cordons with six thousand plants per hectare. The selective thinning helps us to balance the plant by facilitating the appropriate ripening of the grapes and to contain the yield, thus preserving over the years our vines’ superior and uniform quality.