Vermentino di Sardegna Opale 2024

Description

Vermentino di Sardegna Opale 2024, a still white wine produced by Cantina Mesa, 14% ABV. 0.75 L bottle, 2024 vintage. A Vermentino that expresses the soul of Sulcis, with its intensity and complexity. The whole grapes are softly pressed. The must ferments at 16-18°C. After fermentation, the wine remains on the lees for at least 2 months. It matures in cement tanks and then in bottle for another 2 months. Intense and complex with notes of ripe fruit, baked apples, jasmine, vanilla, and English caramel. Full-bodied and very elegant on the palate. The glycerine content creates a silky texture that creates harmony and balance when combined with the acidity and minerals. Long and clean finish.

Details

Perfume

Intense and complex with notes of ripe fruit, baked apples, jasmine, vanilla and English toffee.

Color

Golden yellow colour with citrine highlights.

Taste

Full and elegant entry. The glyceric contribution creates a silky texture that forms harmony and balance in the encounter with acidity and mineral salts. Long, clean finish.

Serve at:

12 - 14 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

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 Vermentino di Sardegna Opale 2024
Type	White still
Denomination	Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
Vintage	2024
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Vermentino
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Vendor	Cantina Mesa
Origin	Sulcis territory, 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 in 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.
Yield per hectare	65 q
Harvest	Between the second and third decade of September.
Fermentation temperature	16 8 °C
Wine making	The whole grapes are softly pressed. The must ferments at 16 8 °C. At the end of fermentation, the wine remains on the lees for at least 2 months.
Aging	Matured in cement vats and then in bottles for a further 2 months.
Allergens	Contains sulphites