Sella & Mosca Cannonau Di Sardegna Reserve

”variety: cannonau sardinia’s best-known red variety as proud and wild as inland sardinians themselves. The grape is known in france as grenache and in spain as alicante. Production area: the cannonau vine thrives both on the warm sandy soils of the sardinian coastline and on the harsh rocky terrain of the island’s mountainous interior. At sella&mosca cannonau is grown in the southeastern part of the estate where it is exposed to the grecale wind. Harvest period: the grapes are picked in late autumn when the berries are just starting to dry. Winemaking: the crushed and destemmed grapes are given lowtemperature skin contact for at least three days allowing the extraction of colour compounds and tannins that will enable the wine to age unhurriedly in time-hallowed oak casks. Temperature-controlled fermentation at 25-28°c takes about 12 days. Appearance: the initial ruby red gradually shades into warmer less intense shades as the wine ages. Nose: the faintly tousl