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Cardedu, Cannonau di Sardegna 'Caladu', 2021

Red Wine from Sardinia, Italy
by Cardedu
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Cannonau from the Loi family in Ogliastra, eastern Sardinia's wildest province. Cardedu is a traditionalist estate working with native grapes; the vineyards for Caladu sit in the Jerzu growing zone, historically among the most prized terroirs on the island for this grape (which most of the world knows as Grenache). Decomposed granitic soils give the wine real zip alongside the sun-baked Mediterranean fruit. Fermentation is with native yeasts; farming is dry, without herbicides or pesticides. Caladu is Sardinian for sunset, and the wine carries that warm, dusky character — fleshy red fruit, smoke, garrigue, fine grain tannins — with four years now in bottle softening the edges. The most complex of the family's Cannonau range.

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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

    Grenache

  • Vintage

    2021

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast lamb with rosemary, wild boar ragu, grilled merguez, mushroom-stuffed pastas, or aged pecorino sardo. It's also a fine match for tagines, smoked meats, and anything with juniper or fennel.

Tasting Profile

Warm, fleshy red and black cherry with smoke, dried herbs, cracked pepper, and Mediterranean scrub. Medium to full-bodied, ripe but not heavy, with dusty tannins, lively acidity, and a long, savory, faintly briny finish.

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