Isola dei Nuraghi IGT Vermentino Vendemmia Tardiva 2023 (750 ml.) Capichera

THE WINE

The Isola dei Nuraghi IGT Vermentino Late Harvest 2023 by Capichera originates in Gallura on granite-based soils, poor and highly draining, enhancing aromatic depth and marked minerality. The ventilated Mediterranean climate, with wide temperature variations, ensures slow ripening ideal for late harvesting. A pure Vermentino, the grapes are picked at full sugar and aromatic concentration, delivering natural complexity and richness. The wine then ages 4 months in oak barriques, adding elegance without overshadowing the fruit. Aromas of lavender, white flowers and Mediterranean scrub lead to a warm, enveloping, mineral and citrus-driven palate with a long, persistent finish. Excellent with desserts, semi-aged cheeses, shellfish and structured seafood dishes.

THE COMPANY

The extreme north of Sardinia sees Gallura as an area particularly suited for viticulture. Here, in the 1970s, the story of the Capichera winery began, thanks to the Ragnedda family, who planted new vermentino vineyards and built a winery for the production of high-quality wines. With much enthusiasm but also considerable investments and a great expenditure of energy, the young brothers Fabrizio and Mario Ragnedda began working in the winery in the early 1980s, just as the first bottles of Vermentino with the Capichera label were being marketed for the first time. Currently, Capichera distributes its wines internationally, and the original ten hectares of vineyard have grown to sixty. The quality level has seen a constant and continuous increase, and at the same time, while following the path of innovation and experimentation, the typicity of each label is maximally protected without compromise. Among the rows, the training system is partly Guyot and partly spurred cordon, with some plants also trained as bush vines, but above all, every agronomic practice is adopted wisely and carefully to ensure that from harvest to harvest, the grapes meet the highest quality standards. In the winery, the oldest local traditions are wonderfully combined with the most modern enological technologies, so that, with maximum respect for the intrinsic characteristics of the raw material, research and experimentation are continuous and constant. Every wine labeled Capichera is characterized by a great extractive concentration, high alcohol power, and a pronounced fruit maturity. The result is that, to this day, all lovers of Italian wine products know the legendary brothers Mario and Fabrizio, who have played a fundamental role in positively changing the face of Sardinian viticulture.