Silvio Carta Vernacchia "Valle del Tirso" washington finesse and filled with complex

finesse and  filled with complex notes

25% Mourvèdre and the balance Syrah

Picked below 22 brix

Côtes Catalanes AOC

WINEMAKING | Traditional vinification and elevage

Silvio Carta Vernacchia "Valle del Tirso" washington finesse and filled with complex"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