Style
White
Type

Still

Winemaker

Sergio Loi is a 4th generation traditional Sardinian producer, whose family winery from the early 900s has always practiced no chemical farming and minimum intervention in the cellar.

Appellation

Sardegna

Varieties

Vermentino

Viticulture

Late August/early September harvest.

Farming

Organic

Terroir

The Cardedu [car-DAY-do] vineyards are located on the island’s sparsely populated Southeast, on crumbling granite soils near the coast, and schist in the ragged-dry hills and cliffs around Jerzu.

Vineyard

14ha at 820ft elevation in San Vito. 10 year old vines that undergo low espalier vine training. Practicing Organic.

Vinification

100% Vermentino. Fermentation in stainless steel for six days at 15°C, with 6-8 hours of skin contact. Élevage in room-large cement tanks from 1950’s. This wine undergoes malolactic fermentation. Unfiltered. 20 mg/L added during the harvest and 20 mg/L added at the end of vinification.

Features

Bottle, Cork

Distribution Area

New Jersey and New York

Shelf Talkers

Tech Sheets

Tasting Note

A savory and light white wine: sea salt, sage, basil, rosemary, cedar, and a foundation of chalky stone fruits.