Quartomoro di Sardegna, Carignano "CRG Memorie di Vite" Isola dei Nuraghi, Sardinia, Italy 2022

100% Carignano. This varietal thrives here in the South West of Sardinia and unlike what has been the normal French habit to blend it in order to smooth the reds, in Sardinia this grape is often bottled alone.

Deep ruby color tending to garnet; the nose is intense and complex, evoking the experience of the Mediterranean. Fresh balsamic notes, reminiscent of red fruits and spices. In the mouth it evolves with good length and power.

Great as a food companion for rich pastas, spicy lamb and vegetables dishes, local Sardinian sausage, grilled tuna fish.

The "CRG" is from the Isola dei Nuraghi IGT. Carignano’s growing popularity and historical presence in Sardinia has allowed this grape variety, among few others, to be worthy of the IGT classification Isola dei Nuraghi. In the past the CRG was released to the market as a completely declassified wine.

The owners decided to name the wine CRG after the first three consonants the  grape variety involved (Carignano). This wine comes from a sandy single alberello vineyard (bush) named Calasetta in the Sulcis area (south west of the island), planted in 1967 and still ungrafted.

Quartomoro was initially created as an “experimental garage winery” a decade ago, and it slowly became a place where great terroir driven wines are produced by offering an evolving selection subdivided in different wine ranges and with a distinctive production of experimental micro-vinifications. The winery is located in Arborea in the Oristano province on the west coast facing the Mediterranean and the Balearic Islands. The mission is pretty simple: producing wines that best represent one of the most interesting territories in terms of biodiversity — Sardinia.