Sardegna
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:38 amLast night due to an unforeseen incident which turned positive, left me, at the end of the evening looking down a bottle of Virdis rosso '03, a wine from the carribbean of Europe so to say -Sardegna-. It left me speechless, I have to say that there is very little wrong with this wine other than it maybe needed a couple of more years to settle and mature.
The wine is made with 100% Cagnulari, a local grape variety from this region, which are left to overmature on the vines giving it an elevated sugar content and a whopping 18°.
The first impact was pretty alcholic, but after we let it decanter for a couple of hours it transformed into a very smooth, full bodied wine with a very rich and persistent flavour. The wine seemed to have plenty of wild mature fruit/Prunes(I would say) on the nose and in the mouth. Colour was dark, intense red.
Not a wine for light lunches and but with extra aged cheeses, salami's, Roast Game(Boar) or even better with friends.
One to take note of when the chance arises.
The wine is made with 100% Cagnulari, a local grape variety from this region, which are left to overmature on the vines giving it an elevated sugar content and a whopping 18°.
The first impact was pretty alcholic, but after we let it decanter for a couple of hours it transformed into a very smooth, full bodied wine with a very rich and persistent flavour. The wine seemed to have plenty of wild mature fruit/Prunes(I would say) on the nose and in the mouth. Colour was dark, intense red.
Not a wine for light lunches and but with extra aged cheeses, salami's, Roast Game(Boar) or even better with friends.
One to take note of when the chance arises.