Style
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
Cannonau
Viticulture
Harvest in end of September.
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
100% Cannonau (Cardedu uses old spelling with one ‘N’) is a biotype of Grenache, most likely from Spain but growing in Sardegna for hundreds of years. 26 ha of 30 year old vines that undergo low espalier vine training. 263 to 460ft of elevation. Practicing organic.
Vinification
11 days fermentation in cavernous cement tanks from 1950s. Then, at least an additional 3 years in cement for elevage. Unfiltered. 20 mg/L sulphur added during the harvest and 20 mg/L added at the end of vinification. 1,000 cases produced.
Features
Bottle, Cork
Distribution Area
New Jersey and New York
Shelf Talkers
Tech Sheets
Tasting Note
Spice and smoke mingle with fleshy fruit of red plums and raspberries. Cadedu’s old vines (avg. 25-50 years old) provide a depth to the fruit, decomposed granite soils keep the wines fresh. Pair with all things grilled.
2 Commerce Dr. Suite 3 Moorestown, NJ 08057
Office 800.245.0184
Fax 856.985.5848
