“Vign’Angena” Vermentino di Gallura Superiore DOCG 2024

Capichera | Sardinia
Capichera s.r.l. Soc. Agr. | Loc. Capichera | IT 07021 Arzachena

20100224 · 0,75 l · 38,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
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It is a story of transformation, written in the granite slopes of Gallura. Vign'Angena – the "foreign vineyard" in the Sardinian dialect – bears a name full of poetic irony. What once began as rented land, whose grapes Capichera used in the early years of her Vermentino revolution, became the quintessence of her own excellence. Since the first vinification in 1994, this DOCG wine has embodied the purest soul of the Gallurese terroir. Where the rows of vines between Olbia and Palau breathe the salty winds of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Vermentino thrives on the same soils that once harboured Nuragic giants. The nearby tomb of Coddu 'Ecchju silently tells of thousands of years of Sardinian history – here, where Fabrizio and Mario Ragnedda realised their vision of a new Vermentino era. No wood touches these grapes; only cool stainless steel preserves the crystalline purity of the harvest, which does not begin until mid-August each year.

In the glass, a kaleidoscope of orange blossom and yellow apple, interwoven with iris and broom – the wild flowers that perfume Gallura's maquis. The minerality of the granite weathering manifests itself in every sip as a living echo of the ancient landscape. Fresh and lively on the palate, with a silky fullness that leads to a persistent, salty final. A Vermentino that not only symbolises, but celebrates the transformation from "foreign" to its own vineyard – as a liquid testimony to the art of Sardinian viticulture at the highest DOCG level. SUPERIORE.DE

"A restrained vermentino focused on stony minerality, showing seaweed aromas, grapefruit peel and iodine character. There’s weight on the medium- to full-bodied palate, the density balanced by tense lemony acidity and a savory, tingling finish." James Suckling