Zone:Azzanidò district

Created to showcase the truth of the varietal

found in Sardinia since the times of the Phoenicians

This kind of soil creates wines that combine typical slate stone mineral character with animated and elegant fruitiness

The Altos team are terroir "junkies" obsessed with the land and varying soils

Silvio Carta Vernacchia "Valle del Tirso" sauvignon gris Zone:Azzanidò district"The Carta family has been making (and storing) wine in the sleepy coastal town of Oristano for generations. The local grape is Vernaccia (though not the one from Gimignano). The vine was possibly introduced by the Phoenicians, or it was cultivated from wild vines of the Tirso Valley. The style is oxidative, but no Englishman created or discovered this wine (as happened in Marsala). And maybe thats a shame, because these wines deserve to be better