Alghero Torbato Catore 2023

Description

A still white wine from Sardinia, 14% ABV, produced by Sella & Mosca. 100% Torbato, a native grape variety that best expresses the characteristics of the terroir. Vintage 2023. A wine born from the passion and history of a winery founded in 1899, which has successfully harnessed the unique characteristics of this land. The medium-textured soil, with significant limestone content, lends the wine salinity and freshness. The harvest, carried out by hand in early October, is followed by winemaking techniques designed to enhance the varietal characteristics. It is a full-bodied and enveloping white wine, with typical hints of Mediterranean scrub, primarily helichrysum, pear, and chamomile. It has a slightly zesty flavor, decidedly savory, with a dense and fascinating texture, multifaceted, and energetic.

Details

Taste

This is a broad, enveloping white, with typical hints of Mediterranean scrub, helichrysum in primis, pear and chamomile, with a slightly boisterous flavour, decidedly savoury, with a dense and fascinating texture, multifaceted and energetic.

Serve at:

12 - 14 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

Sella & Mosca

From this winery

• Start up year: 1899
• Oenologist: Giovanni Pinna
• Bottles produced: 4.800.000
• Hectares: 520

Sella & Mosca is one of the most important wineries in Sardinia, whose history began over a century ago when two Piedmontese men, the lawyer Mosca and the engineer Sella, reclaimed the land where the 540 hectares of vines now stand. On Xtrawine great attention is devoted to Sella & Mosca wines featuring bottles that have received major awards from Bibenda, Gambero Rosso and AIS, with an ageing capacity of 10 to 15 years. Today, the Cantina Sella & Mosca is owned by the Campari Group, which continues the production of bottles with the sunny character typical of the area in which they are located and involves the production of: Vermentino, Cannonau, Torbato and Carignano. Read more

Sardinia

Technical Sheet

Name	Sella & Mosca Alghero Torbato Catore 2023
Type	White green still
Denomination	Alghero DOC
Vintage	2023
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Torbato
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Vendor	Sella & Mosca
Origin	Alghero
Soil composition	Medium-textured soil with an important limestone presence that gives the wine salinity and freshness.
Cultivation system	Spurred cordon
Plants per hectare	4000
Yield per hectare	95 q.
Harvest	The harvest, carried out by hand in the first days of October, is followed by vinification techniques aimed at exalting the varietal characteristics with the use of non-invasive and very respectful oenological practices: cold maceration, soft pressing, temperature-controlled fermentation.
Fermentation temperature	18 °C
Wine making	Gentle destemming-crushing followed by 24 hours of cold maceration; soft pressing; fermentation in stainless steel at a controlled temperature of 18 °C; a small part ferments with the skins for about 100 days; a small part of the must ferments in new barriques. No malolactic fermentation.
Aging	Several months of bottle ageing.
Total acidity	4.8 gr/L
Allergens	Contains sulphites