Carignano del Sulcis Buio 2024

Description

Still red from Sulcis, Sardinia, 14% ABV, 100% Carignano. Produced by Cantina Mesa, founded in 2004 thanks to the vision of advertising executive Gavino Sanna. 0.75 L bottle, 2024 vintage. A wine born in a unique terroir, characterized by sandy soils and a Mediterranean climate, where Carignano best expresses its personality. Maceration on the skins for 8 days at 24-26°C. Aged for 6 months in concrete vats and at least 3 months in bottle. Ruby red with garnet hues. Ample and elegant with fresh hints of ripe red fruit, geranium, black pepper, and light hydrocarbons. Long on the palate with youthful, fresh notes, soft and easy to drink, perfectly blended with balsamic notes and sweet tannins.

Details

Perfume

Broad and elegant with fresh hints of ripe red fruit, geranium, black pepper and light hydrocarbons.

Color

Ruby red with garnet nuances.

Taste

Long entry with youthful and fresh notes, softness and ready drinkability in perfect fusion with balsamic notes and sweet tannins.

Serve at:

14 -16 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Cantina Mesa

From this winery

• Start up year: 2004
• Oenologist: Stefano Cova
• Bottles produced: 650.000
• Hectares: 73

Cantina Mesa was founded in 2004 thanks to the intuition of the famous advertising man of Sardinian origin, Gavino Sanna. The name, which in Spanish means 'table', perfectly represents the idea behind its birth: a place of conviviality, simplicity and love for a wonderful land, which is Sardinia and, in particular, the beautiful area of Sulcis Iglesiente.

In these valleys, characterised by sandy soils, wines of great character and luminosity are born, starting with the most typical grape varieties of the area: Carignano, Cannonau and Vermentino. In the heart of Sulcis, Cantina Mesa now has 73 hectares under vine - 66 of which are its own - where the vines are trained to the head-training or spurred cordon system.

The winery is in the village of Sant'Anna Arresi, the right place to create an ideal contrast with the terroir to create wines in all their nuances. This village is a candid, unusual and minimalist structure, surrounded by gentle hillsides and silhouetted amidst the green Mediterranean scrub.

Then, the winery is about 5,000 square metres, spread over three levels and arranged so that grapes and wine can be treated with the utmost respect and special care: no mechanical pumps, therefore, but movements that take place through the principle of "natural fall". Lastly, the ageing process is carried out in the basement of the cellar. This is how all the wines labelled Mesa are born, with names loaded with meaning such as "Buio", "Giunco", "Buio Buio" and "Opale", to continue with all the others. Territorial, integral, punctual and precise wines are the faithful expression of a region that is second to none when it comes to wine. Read more

Sardinia

Technical Sheet

Name	Mesa Carignano del Sulcis Buio 2024
Type	Red still
Denomination	Carignano del Sulcis DOC
Vintage	2024
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Carignano
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Vendor	Cantina Mesa
Origin	Sulcis area, in the south-western tip of Sardinia.
Climate	The climate is Mediterranean, characterised by low rainfall distributed irregularly throughout the year and concentrated almost entirely in the autumn and winter seasons. Frequent mistral winds, high temperatures in spring and summer, mild autumns, varying between cold dry and mild winter.
Soil composition	The soil is sandy and calcareous-clayey in nature, rich in skeleton, structurally of medium texture, fairly well endowed with organic substances and with a sub-alkaline reaction. It is sufficiently endowed with the mineral elements that determine its quality.
Cultivation system	Spurred cordon and bush-trained espalier on a free-standing trellis.
Plants per hectare	85 q
Harvest	Second to third decade of September.
Fermentation temperature	24-26 °C
Wine making	8-day maceration at 24-26 °C on the skins. Malolactic fermentation carried out.
Aging	Matured for 6 months in cement vats and at least 3 in the bottle.
Allergens	Contains sulphites