Silver for Santadi’s Rocca Rubia
Santadi’s Rocca Rubia 2020 received a silver medal at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2023
The Cantina di Santadi Winery is located in the Sulcis area, in South-western Sardinia, just a few miles from the dazzling beaches and white sand dunes of Porto Pino.
Wise use of French barriques gives a perfect, harmonious finishing touch to the development of these superb wines. The great reds: Terre Brune, Rocca Rubia, Noras, Araja, Grotta Rossa and Antigua, are accompanied by stylish whites: Villa di Chiesa, Cala Silente, Pedraia, Villa Solais, Latinia.
Rocca Rubia:
Classification: Carignano del Sulcis DOC Riserva
Grapes: 100% Carignano
Harvesting: by hand, starting in late September and ending around mid October
Wine and food pairing:
The wine matches very well with red meat, wild boar, roast suckling pig and matured Pecorino cheese.
VINICATION AND DEVELOPMENT: After stemming and crushing, the grapes are fermented and macerated for 12-14 days in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature of 25-28 °C. During this period, the must is frequently pumped up, thus fully absorbing the noble tannins typical of bush-grown carignano. After malolactic fermentation, the wine is transferred to small, fine grained 1st and 2nd-passage French oak casks for 10-12 months, to further develop its biochemical and chemical-physical properties, aroma and taste. Further aging in the bottle for several months enables early bouquet development.
TASTING NOTES:
Colour: Deep, almost solid ruby red.
Nose: Intense fruity notes of blackberry, blueberry, vanilla, myrtle, leather and liquorice.
Palate: Big and velvety, great structure and long aromatic finish, a full-bodied wine.
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