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Cardedu, Praja Monica di Sardegna, 2024

Red Wine from Sardinia, Italy
by Cardedu
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A native Sardinian red that drinks like a darker, herbier Pinot Noir. Monica is one of the island's oldest grapes — light-skinned, aromatic, often overshadowed by Cannonau — and Cardedu is among the producers showing what the variety can do when farmed with care. Praja, which means beach in Sardinian dialect, comes from a single vineyard called Tenute di Fassoni planted on sandy loam. The Loi family ferments with native yeasts for about twelve days in temperature-controlled stainless steel, leaves it alone, and bottles it bright. The result is a chillable, low-fuss red with real personality: floral, lightly tannic, savory, and easy. Built for the warm months but happy at any table where simple food is being served.

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More about Cardedu

Sergio Loi, the fourth-generation owner of Cardedu, works 42 hectares on Sardinia's sparsely populated southeast, where granite soils near the coast and schist in the cliffs impart real minerality. The grapes are hand-harvested from crumbling granite rich in quartz—giving the soils a distinctive reddish tint—and fermented with natural yeasts. No chemicals in the vineyard, minimum intervention in the cellar. These are wines that taste like Sardinia's wild landscape: mineral, complex, utterly honest. A treasure trove of terrific wines perfect for any season.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Monica

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Chill it lightly for grilled fish, salumi, pizza, tomato-based pastas, or a beachside lunch of bottarga and bread. Also a fine partner for roast chicken, charcuterie, or simply olive oil and salt-cured olives.

Tasting Profile

Pale ruby with aromas of crushed wild strawberry, dried rose, white pepper, and Mediterranean herbs. The palate is light to medium-bodied, juicy, and faintly tannic with bright acidity and a savory, earthy finish.

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