Agripunica is a famous name in Sardinian oenology being the winery born from the collaboration between Santadi, a production reality of Sulcis, Tenuta San Guido, a milestone in the Italian wine world, and Giacomo Tachis, one of the most important Italian oenologists ever to whom we owe the birth of Sassicaia. Specifically, the founding of Agripunica dates back to 2002 and is consequent to the purchase of two estates, one in Barrua and one in Narcao, located within the Basso Sulcis area in the southwestern tip of Sardinia. The Sardinian island was an area in which Tachis believed strongly, and so it was at a dinner in Verona during Vinitaly that he convinced Antonello Pilloni, president of the Santadi winery to which the winemaker was a consultant, and Marchese Nicolò Incisa della Rocchetta, owner of Tenuta San Guido, another estate followed by Tachis, to undertake this ambitious joint venture.

The vineyard area available to the Agripunica estate counts 70 hectares of vineyards, distributed between the localities of Barrua and Narcao and planted on very deep stony and sandy soils, also characterized by the presence of clay and limestone. On them, the winery raises Carignano and Vermenino, varieties indigenous to Sardinia, combined with a large array of international grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Chardonnay. The grapes then benefit from Sulcis' warm and bright climate, mitigated by the presence of the sea with its breezes. All vinification takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks under the watchful eye of the winemaker, with the reds subsequently aging in French oak barriques for periods of 12 to 18 months. In contrast, the white wine 'Samas' ages between steel and cement.

An icon of the Agripunica winery is undoubtedly the 'Barrua,' one of the most nationally and internationally renowned Sardinian wines, the result of a combination of the indigenous Carignano grape and smaller percentages of the Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The quality of the estate's other two labels is also remarkable: 'Montessu', another blend that combines the territoriality of Sulcis with the elegance of French varieties, and 'Samas', a blend of Vermentino and Chardonnay of great expressive richness.

Montessu Agripunica 2022

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