2022 Capo Ferrato Cannonau, Cantina Castiadas, Sardinia, Italy

Wow, what a lot of character is packed in here. This cannonau is brimming with red fruit, it is ripe and full-bodied and has a woderful length to it. Add to this some background notes of roasted mediterranean herbs and you have a wonderfully complex and impressive wine.

Founded in 1959 by the Sardinian agrarian reform body supported by the major winemakers in the area, the Castiadas winery collected grapes from all over Sarrabus. The main objective was the production of quality wines, obtained according to the ancient traditions of that viticulture which still today has its most prized product in the famous Cannonau and which only in this part of Sardinia boasts the sub-denomination 'Capo Ferrato'. All the efforts and strategies combined with new technologies were concentrated towards the productions that best represented the Sarrabese territory due to their typicality and tradition. Today, like yesterday, they continue to produce wines that embody the tradition, flavour and scent of this land where sea and mountains coexist together.