The colour is medium yellow. On the nose white peaches, jasmine tea, chamomile, and some citrus. In the mouth refreshing, with a saline finish. The aftertaste doesn’t last long.
This wine is made by Sella & Mosca with 100% Torbato grapes under the Alghero DOC.
Sella & Mosca is one of the main wineries of Sardinia and owns one of Europe’s largest vineyards. The estate was founded in 1899, when two Piedmontese adventurers set out for Sardinia, believing the rugged island offered an opportunity to grow high-quality grapes. They were Erminio Sella, an engineer, and Edgardo Mosca, a lawyer, who transformed what had been sheep-grazing territory around Alghero into a viticultural powerhouse.
Torbato is a white grape variety that is thought to have reached the shores of the Iberian Peninsula thanks to the Phoenicians. It was later brought to Sardinia by the Catalans, when they governed the island.
Plantings of Torbato greatly declined in the 20th century, with northwest Sardinia remaining the only significant source of the variety, thanks to the revival efforts of Sella & Mosca. The wine estate focused on Torbato and nowadays produces both still and sparkling versions of this rare grape.
I drunk this bottle the night before the end of my weeklong holidays in Sardinia. A week during which I tasted many wines, none of which really impressed me.
For this bottle I paid 9.20 EUR at CRAI.
Country: Italy
Region: Sardinia
Grapes: Torbato
Type: White
Vintage: 2020
Producer: Sella & Mosca
Price range: Economic (<15 US$)
Pascal’s Enjoyment Index: 2/5