Features
Name:
Assajé blend of Carignano Isola dei Nuraghi IGT 2019
Terrain:
soil of granitic origin
Winery
Set among the granite rocks of Gallura, in Arzachena, there is the Italian winery of Capichera, a family business which at the end of the 1970's, as a result of a great intuition, determined an important enological passage not only in Sardinia: it was the first winery to value with remarkable success the aging in barrique of pure Vermentino, proposing a model based on a production of very high quality and continuous research through a viticulture respectful and rigorous of the identity of the territory, allowing this grape to reveal its great peculiarities and characteristics.
Many authoritative critics of the sector still affirm that the history of Capichera is the history of quality Vermentino.
The passion, the investment of great resources and the improvement of the production model over the years have defined new and high quality standards, with a priority attention to each vineyard and single plot, enhancing its characteristics.
This process of development has led over time to achieve innovative and exclusive results not only on Vermentino but also on Carignano and Syrah, creating high-profile red wines, strongly identified with the Gallura territory and united by the same production philosophy.
Description
The goal of producing red wines as good as its whites, has pushed Capichera to select over the years the most renowned black berried autochthonous grapes of Sardinia. Thus was born, in 1997, Assajé: a blend of those autochthonous grapes with a small percentage of Syrah. It is the desire realized for an elegant and fragrant wine that nevertheless preserves power, structure and identity.
Assajé means "is something."
Organoleptic characteristics:
Color: intense red with violet reflections
Nose: reveals a splendid fusion of ethereal and vinous notes, where black fruits, cherries in alcohol, blackberry, myrtle, spices, eucalyptus, cocoa and salty notes are perceived at times
Taste: full, warm, savory, with rich and concentrated ripe fruit and fine tannic texture; the finish is long and persistent.
Storage time:
4-11 years old
Vinification
fermentation and maceration in steel tanks for about 3 weeks
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