Argiolas
Argiolas Isola dei Nuraghi Turriga 2021
Other years:
2020| Denomination | Isola dei Nuraghi IGT |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Sardinia (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | Bovale, Carignano, Da uve autoctone Rosse, Malvasia Nera |
| Aging | 18-24 months in new French oak barriques. Maturation for 12-14 months in bottle. |
| Other years | 2020 |
Description
The work in the vineyards around Serdiana and in the Argiolas Winery is to produce great wines. It is a beautiful and passionate commitment that is handed down through the generations. It is intertwined with the history of our land, the great history that is written in books and the small, everyday history.
Awards
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2021
96/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
- Start up year: 1938
- Oenologist: Mariano Murru
- Bottles produced: 2.500.000
- Hectares: 250
From their grand old man, a monument to an extraordinary entrepreneurial history, they have picked up the stubbornness and sense of challenge to the world, the simple and authentic joy of harvesting and crushing, the passion that springs from the bubbling musts and the effervescent young wines, the personality that defines the tenacious and mature wines, as soft as the limestone in which their roots are sunk, perfumed and savoury like the sea, long-lived like Sardinians.
In 1979 Antonio Argiolas, an established local entrepreneur, went to Argentina and California. These travels were a source of inspiration for him, and represented the beginning of a revolution; in fact these showed him the needs to overcome the parcelling out the countryside, which was widespread on the island, and to employ technologically advanced machines to work larger expanses of land under single ownership.
So, he acquired the lands of Selegas-Sa Tanca and Susini, the Winery’s largest estates. These are the places that Argiolas wine speak of, emblems of the strength, courage and farsightedness of the idea. Read more
| Name | Argiolas Isola dei Nuraghi Turriga 2021 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Isola dei Nuraghi IGT |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | Bovale, Carignano, Da uve autoctone Rosse, Malvasia Nera |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Vendor | Argiolas |
| Origin | Sa Tanca Estate |
| Soil composition | Medium limestone. |
| Fermentation temperature | 28-32 °C |
| Wine making | Careful grape selection. Fermentation at a controlled temperature of 28-32°C. Maceration of about 16 8 days with good use of the delestage technique. |
| Aging | 18-24 months in new French oak barriques. Maturation for 12 4 months in bottle. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |