Silvio Carta Vernacchia "Valle del Tirso" washington Elegant and balanced Sauvignon Blanc

Elegant and balanced Sauvignon Blanc

Picked below 22 brix

After 15 days

David Gleave

Côtes Catalanes AOC

Silvio Carta Vernacchia "Valle del Tirso" washington Elegant and balanced Sauvignon Blanc"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