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Cantina di Santadi: a new label for Villa Solais

Cantina di Santadi: a new label for Villa Solais.

NEW LOOK, SAME SOUL!

“Villa Solais is getting a makeover!

Since 1982, our Vermentino di Sardegna has been synonymous with tradition and quality, a wine that tells the unique perfumes and flavors of our land. Santadi presents the new bottle of Villa Solais: a restyling that unites past and future to offer you an even more special experience.

Renewed form with an elegant and modern design and a label that pays homage to our origins, with a reminder of the historical image that made Villa Solais iconic, now reinterpreted in a colourful, fresh and cheerful style.”

– Cantina Santadi-

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VERMENTINO DI SARDEGNA VILLA SOLAIS DOC

PLACE OF ORIGIN: From vineyards located in 5 municipalities of the lower Sulcis district, with counter-espalier training, on different types of soils.

SOIL COMPOSITION: Medium mixture, tending to sandy or clayey.

GRAPE VARIETIES: Vermentino 85%, Nuragus 15%.

CLIMATE: Hot and dry summers, mild winters.

VINICATION AND DEVELOPMENT: The hand-picked grapes are soft-pressed, and the must obtained is fermented in stainless steel tanks under controlled temperature, so as to preserve its fragrance and aromas. The wine is then left in contact with its lees for several months before being bottled.

TASTING NOTES: Brilliant straw yellow, with green and golden tinges. Fresh and pleasant on the nose. On the palate delivers a nice fresh finish together with an attractive mineral note.

MATCHINGS: Its favourite matches are seafood first courses and white meat. Especially pleasant when served very cool, also as an aperitif.

Cantina di Santadi is located in the Sulcis area, in South-western Sardinia, just a few miles as the crow flies from the dazzling beaches and white sand dunes of Porto Pino. It was established in 1960, and after some start-up difficulties, a new management gave it a decisive boost, driven by strong determination which fanned enthusiasm and passion.
The winery embarked on an ambitious programme, adopting new strategies and clear targets, streamlining its operations and issuing coherent guidelines to its member grape growers.

New awards for Cantina di Santadi

New awards for Cantina di Santadi: Kerin O’Keefe rated the Terre Brune, Noras and Antigua with respectively 93, 92 and 91 Points.

Since 1960, vini fatti con arte.

The Cantina di Santadi Winery is located in the Sulcis area, in South-western Sardinia, just a few miles as the crow flies from the dazzling beaches and white sand dunes of Porto Pino. It was established in 1960, and after some start-up difficulties, a new management gave it a decisive boost, driven by strong determination which fanned enthusiasm and passion.

Thus the Winery embarked on an ambitious programme, adopting new strategies and clear targets, streamlining its operations and issuing coherent guidelines to its member grape growers.

Carignano Vine: Prince of the territory of Sulcis

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, all offsprings of an ancient winemaking tradition coupled with the use of state-of-the-art technology in the sectors of vinification, stabilization and bottling.

The wines: Sulcis’ Excellences

Good wine is born in the vineyard – our job is to enhance grape quality through skilful cultivation, and then, in the winery, to make the best use of this gift of nature. The Santadi Winery processes mainly black grapes, about 75% of total production. The most important varieties are Carignano, Monica, Sangiovese, Syrah, Merlot and Bovaleddu as regards the reds, and Vermentino, Nuragus, Chardonnay and Nasco for the whites.

Vineyard cultivation methods are carefully designed to maintain low production per plant and so maximise grape quality.

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Santadi’s awards’ update

Santadi‘s awards’ update: nice awards for Santadi’s wines in the 2025 edition of the Guida I Migliori Vini della Sardegna by VinodaBere

GRAPES: Carignano 95%, Bovaleddu 5%

TASTING NOTES:
Colour: Deep ruby red, light garnet tinges.
Nose: Rare, complex notes: plums and blueberries, sweet spices, bay, juniper, tobacco and chocolate.
Taste: rich, warm, mellow, fruity and spicy notes, suave tannins.

FOOD PAIRING: Excellent with roasted or grilled meat and game, aromatic and spiced dishes, medium to long seasoned cheese.

99,4/100

GRAPES: Typical local white grapes.

ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS:
Color: amber color accompanied by a great consistency.
Nose: intense bouquet of honey, caramel, vanilla sugar and cloves.
Taste: persistent, balanced in the mouth, with a never cloying sweetness and a finish reminiscent of orange blossoms.

FOOD PAIRING: From fried ricotta ravioli seasoned with honey, to well-matured cheeses. Enhances any type of dessert.

99/100

GRAPES: Carignano 100%

TASTING NOTES:
Colour: Deep, almost solid ruby red.
Nose: Intense fruity notes of blackberry, blueberry, vanilla, myrtle, leather and liquorice. Taste: Big and velvety, great structure and long aromatic finish, a full-bodied wine.

FOOD PAIRING: It matches red meats, wild boar, roast suckling pig and mature Pecorino cheese.

96,8/100

GRAPE VARIETIES: Carignano 100%

TASTING NOTES:
Colour: Bright rosé with cherry tinges.
Nose: Elegantly fruity, with hints of forest berries and strawberry.
Taste: Harmonious and exuberant in the mouth, with medium-long finish.

FOOD PAIRING: It enhances gourmet seafood starters, delicate first courses and white meats.

96,7/100

GRAPES: Cannonau 90%, Carignano 10%

TASTING NOTES:
Colour: intense ruby red, tending to garnet.
Nose: Mediterranean notes, complex, blueberry and ripe-blackberry aromas, spices tending sweet, tobacco and chocolate.
Palate: warm, soft, sweet tannins of rare intensity

FOOD PAIRING: It matches well structured dishes, such as roasted and grilled meat, fish, game and cheese.

96/100

CANTINA DI SANTADI

The Cantina di Santadi Winery is located in the Sulcis area, in South-western Sardinia, just a few miles as the crow flies from the dazzling beaches and white sand dunes of Porto Pino.

It was established in 1960, and after some start-up difficulties, a new management gave it a decisive boost, driven by strong determination which fanned enthusiasm and passion.

Thus the Winery embarked on an ambitious programme, adopting new strategies and clear targets, streamlining its operations and issuing coherent guidelines to its member grape growers.

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Vitae Guida Vini 2024: the results are published

Vitae Guida Vini 2024: the results are published.

Vitae, a guide with large numbers:
900 tasters with a deep knowledge of their region, 2000 selected wineries and over 10,000 wines reviewed.

Congratulations to our associated producers with these outstanding results.

BORGO MARAGLIANO

BRUT NATURE BLANC DE NOIRS
DOGMA
2019