2022 Santadi Noras Cannonau di Sardegna
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Body: full-bodied. Like most red wines from ; 14% alcohol.
Tannin: firm. Aged in oak.
Sweetness: dry. Red wine from is almost always dry.
Acidity: medium. The warm climate of .
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Log inThis wine is made from Cannonau grapes, supplemented with Carignano grapes. Its flavor and structure are due to the hot, dry summers and mild winters. The aging process in barrels lasts approximately six months, followed by six months of bottle aging.
The Santadi Noras Cannonau di Sardegna is an intense ruby red, tending towards garnet. It boasts complex Mediterranean notes, aromas of blueberry and ripe blackberry, sweet spices, tobacco, and chocolate. On the palate, this wine is warm and smooth with sweet tannins of rare intensity. It pairs wonderfully with savory dishes such as roast and grilled meat, fish, game, and cheese.
Cantina Santadi is one of Sardinia's most renowned wine cooperatives, located in the southwestern part of the island, in the Sulcis region, near the coast. Founded in the 1960s, the winery has become a major player in the Italian wine world, known for its expressive wines made from indigenous grape varieties and its strong connection to the local terroir.
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RP 91
Reviewed by:
Monica Larner
Release Price:
$30
Drink Date:
2019 - 2024
The 2015 Cannonau di Sardegna Noras is in fact made with 90% Cannonau and 10% Carignano. This is a terrific mid-level wine that shows good value and an accessible style that makes it perfect for just about any homemade pasta, especially a Sardinian malloreddus alla campidanese: a shell-shaped pasta with a sausage and pecorino ragù. The wine offers pretty primary fruit with blackberry, wild cherry and rose, all backed by subtle smoke and wet earth. This vintage delivers a very ripe, succulent and fruity character. It's good fun all around.
Cantina Santadi is a cooperative winery located in the southwest quadrant of the island, in the Sulcis area, where the Carignano grape has always enjoyed the limelight. Sandy soils, proximity to the sea, and a warm, dry climate mean that many old vines survived phylloxera and are still productive today. The 2018 vintage saw above average rain across the island of Sardinia, says Cantina Santadi's President Antonello Pilloni. Those rains lasted a very long time, from May through to August and September. This presented vintners with many challenges, although island breezes and winds, ever-present in Sardinia, plus well-draining sandy soils and careful fruit selection gave those vintners the upper edge.
Published: Nov 27, 2019
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91
Drinking Window
2024 - 2028
From: Sardinia: Winemaking in the Extreme (Nov 2023)
Sage and balsamic spice complement plum and cherry sauce masses as the 2019 Cannonau di Sardegna Noras grumbles up from the glass. This is texturally deep and nearly velvety in feel. Refreshing acidity and sour citrus tones balance as red and black fruits swirl throughout. It finishes staining, long and lightly structured, leaving a pleasantly bitter tinge and a bit of forgivable heat to stand out.
- By Eric Guido on October 2023
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Cantina Santadi is een van de meest gerenommeerde wijncoöperaties van Sardinië, gevestigd in het zuidwestelijke deel van het eiland, in de regio Sulcis, vlak bij de kust. Opgericht in de jaren '60, is het wijnhuis uitgegroeid tot een belangrijke speler in de Italiaanse wijnwereld, bekend om zijn expressieve wijnen van inheemse druivenrassen en zijn sterke verbondenheid met het lokale terroir.
De 2022 Santadi Noras Cannonau di Sardegna toont een intens robijnrood en rijp fruitprofiel van bosbes, bramen en rode kersen, aangevuld met zoetige kruiden, tabak, lichte cacaotonen en warme, zachte tannines die de 14% alcohol elegant dragen. Door die geconcentreerde fruitigheid en de volle, zachte structuur met een vleugje mediterrane kruiden vormt hij een uitstekende partner bij gegrild of gebraden rundvlees en wild, hartige pasta- en pizzagerechten, barbecues en rijpere kazen; probeer hem bij gegrild lamsbout met rozemarijn, een rijke ragù zoals malloreddus alla campidanese of een langzaam gegaarde short rib om de zoetheid en kruidigheid nog meer te benadrukken.
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