Features
Name:
Assajé blend of Carignano Isola dei Nuraghi IGT 2019
Terrain:
soil of granite origin
Cellar
Nestled among the granite rocks of Gallura, in Arzachena, stands the Italian wine-growing reality of Capichera, a family-run business that in the late 1970s, following a great intuition, determined an important oenological transition not only in Sardinia: it was the first winery to exploit the barrique ageing of Vermentino in purity with considerable success, proposing a model based on production of the highest quality and continuous research through viticulture that respects and rigorously respects the identity of the territory, allowing this vine to reveal its great peculiarities and characteristics.
Many authoritative critics in the sector still affirm today that the history of Capichera is the history of quality Vermentino.
Passion, the investment of great resources and the improvement of the production model over the years have defined new and high quality standards, with priority given to each vineyard and individual plot, enhancing its characteristics.
Over time, this process of development has led to innovative and exclusive results not only on Vermentino but also on Carignano and Syrah, resulting in reds of the highest profile, strongly identified with the Gallura territory and united by the same production philosophy.
Description
The objective of producing red wines to match its whites has led Capichera to select over the years the best-known indigenous black grape varieties of Sardinia. Thus Assajé was born in 1997: a blend of those indigenous varieties with a small percentage of Syrah. It is the desire realised for an elegant, perfumed wine that nevertheless retains power, structure and identity.
Assajé means 'it is something'.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Colour: intense red with violet reflections
Nose: reveals a splendid fusion of ethereal and vinous notes, where black fruits, cherries in spirit, blackberry, myrtle, spices, eucalyptus, cocoa and brackish notes are perceptible at times
Taste: full, warm, savoury, with rich, concentrated ripe fruit and fine tannic texture; the finish is long and persistent.
Storage time:
4-11 years
Vinification
fermentation and maceration in steel tanks for about 3 weeks
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