Cardedu 'Bucce' Bianco (Orange Wine) 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Cardedu
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Subregion	Sardegna
Varietal	Vermentino,  Nasco
Vintage	2020
Sku	52210
Size	750ml

   

This is an orange wine.  It is a reference to the fact that this wine is fermented with skin contact and not a direct reference to the color.  The exact hue may vary from fairly pale to a deep amber.

Bucce means skins, as in macerated on the skins / macerato sulle bucce. This macerato / orange wine is very drinky: sour Mirabelle plums, sea salt, and dried white flowers float on bass notes of coastal wild rosemary and myrtle, i.e. macchia mediterranea. Cozze anyone?

Sergio Loi is a 4th generation traditional Sardinian producer, whose family winery from the early 900s has always practiced no chemical farming and minimum intervention in the cellar. The Cardedu [car-DAY-do] vineyards are located on the island’s sparsely populated Southeast, on crumbling granite soils near the coast, and schist in the ragged-dry hills and cliffs around Jerzu.

Vermentino and Nasco are left to ferment on the skins for 2 nights. Cannonau harvest follows a few weeks later; grapes are quickly pressed after only a few hours on the skins. The two tanks are blended and left to mature in cavernous cement tanks for a minimum of 6 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.