2019 | Sella & Mosca | Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva

The ruby red color with garnet hues, translucent and brilliant, announces bright, mature and refined aromas. The fresh scent of violet is perfectly integrated by notes of jam, plums, blackcurrants and oriental spices. The palate is solid, wellstructured and warm in its embrace, but always well-balanced, thanks also to fresh bursts of balsam and medicinal herbs and berries. The aftertaste presents toasted hints before returning to the spice route.

Reviews:

• Decanter: Well-defined berry fruit on the nose, bramble, fresh cherries, plums and herbal notes with hits of clove. Refined tannins.

• James Suckling: This is really delicious with berries, cherries, crushed stones, slate and dried rosemary. Subtle and flavorful at the same time. Medium tannins that are polished and pretty. Spices at the end. Grenache, as you may know already.

Producer Information

Selle & Mosca (also "Sella e Mosca") is the largest wine producer in Sardinia, with a wide range of wines featuring local specialties, wider Mediterranean and so-called "international" varieties. It is known particularly for its wines from Cannonau (Grenache), and Vermentino, plus the Torbato grape, which is grown exclusively by the company at their I Piani estate. Located 10km (six miles) north of Alghero in the northwest corner of the island, I Piani is one of the largest wine estates in Europe with 520 hectares (1285 acres) of contiguous vineyards. In addition to the varieties mentioned above, the vineyard features (alone or in combination) red Bordeaux varieties, some more recently planted Monica, and Sauvignon Blanc. Further afield, the company sources from a six hectare (15 acre) plot of old vine Carignano del Sulcis in the south of the island, and 15 hectares (37 acres) of Vermentino di Gallura DOCG in the northeast. A modern winemaking complex at I Piani is placed next to the original 1903 cellars. The three production lines can handle 30,000kg (33 US tons) per hour, and the winery boats 150 stainless steel tanks and oak barriques and larger barrels to age 160,000 litres (42,000 US gallons) of wine. The company was founded in 1899 by Eriminio Sella and Eduardo Mosca – two Piemontese entrepreneurs. In 2002, Terra Moretti was acquired by Gruppo Campari, which went on to sell it (along with Tuscan-based winery Teruzzi & Puthod) for €62m to the Terra Moretti construction and winery business in 2016.

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