Sella & Mosca Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva

Sella & Mosca Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva 2021

£16.75

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Key info
CountryItaly
RegionSardinia
GrapeCannonau
TypeRed
Vintage2021
Alcohol14% ABV
BodyFull
SweetnessDry
BalancedFloralRichSpiced
Pairs with — beef & red meat, game, hard cheese, lamb

The wine

Full bodied and spicy, with refined aromas of blackcurrant and plum jam enhanced by violet overtones. The warming embrace on the palate is beautifully balanced, with subtle toasted notes on the finish. The Riserva has been made here for decades.

Riserva requires two years of ageing, one of them in oak. Cannonau takes it well: the variety is naturally low in tannin, so oak supplies structure it does not have, and the extended time develops the dried-fruit and spice character that marks mature Sardinian red.

The producer

Sella & Mosca

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Sella & Mosca was founded in 1899 by two Piedmontese, the engineer Erminio Sella and the lawyer Edgardo Mosca, who came to Sardinia on business and stayed. The estate at Alghero in the north-west is one of the largest contiguous vineyards in Europe.

Sardinia's grapes came with its rulers. Cannonau is the same variety as Grenache and arrived under Aragonese rule, though Sardinians have long argued it went the other way; Vermentino came from Liguria and Spain. The island's dry heat, constant wind and poor soils suit both, and Vermentino di Gallura in the granite hills of the north-east is Sardinia's only DOCG.

The estate is also known for its archaeology: a Nuragic necropolis dating from around 1600 BC sits within the vineyards and is open to visitors. Sella & Mosca were among the first to make Sardinian wine in a modern idiom and remain by some distance the island's most recognised name.

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