| With the arrival of
the penal colony in the territory of Castiadas, right from the
beginning of the C19th,wines of excellent quality were produced:
the Cannonau, Monica and Vermentino vineyards reached over 100
hectares in extension and the production increased from year to
year, to such an extent that a cellar in the Camisa district was
also able to be built.
Castiadas has maintained the same quality of product, or rather
it has improved it, with the introduction of new varieties, and
has increased the production.
All the wines included below are produced and distributed by the
wine growers’ association of Castiadas, started in 1959,
which today, to satisfy demand, is available on national and international
markets with excellent results, fruit of the work and professionality
of all the growers in the Castiadas area, who supply the consortium
with premium quality grapes.
The association today is self-sufficient, equipped with a bottling
machine, which has produced a qualitative improvement with high-calibre
wines appreciated by consumers, connoisseurs and independent contractors.
Furthermore, it is possible to buy excellent quality wines, from
various local growers, who with great expertise manage to maintain
an age-old tradition.
Among the wines from Castiadas we have:
- Cannonau di Sardegna Capo Ferrato,
excellent for traditional meals of roast and stewed meat and game.
It has an intense ruby red colour with shades of garnet, a characteristic
fragrance of ripe fruit (plums and blackberries), sometimes spicy
and ethereal, full-bodied, flowery (mature roses), pleasantly
dry with a lingering harmonious taste, alcohol content 13% and
is served at table at around 16-18°C
- Isola dei Nuraghi “Sant’Elmo Rosso”,
 excellent
for traditional Sardinian dinners based on roast red meat and
cheeses, it has a brilliant ruby-red colour, and intense and delicate
fragrance , sometimes spicy, full-flavoured, flowery, it has a
dry, slightly tannic, intense taste, a little acidic, sapid and
soft with good body. Alcohol content 12.25%, served with a meal
at around 16-18°C
- Isola dei Nuraghi “Sant’Elmo Rosato” ,
has the same characteristics as the St Elmo red,. It only changes
the production method, since it is obtained from the white version
of the same grape, i.e. in the absence of marcs, excellent for
traditional Sardinian meals of roast red meat and poultry and
cheese. It has a brilliant rose colour, an intense and delicate
aroma, sometimes spicy and ethereal, full-flavoured, flowery,
intense, dry, nicely tannic, slightly acidic, sapid and, with
a good body, with alcohol content about 12.25 % and is served
with a meal at around 16-18°C
- Isola dei Nuraghi “Parolto”,
obtained through a careful blending of particular red grapes such
as Cannonau, Cabernet and Sauvignon. It is aged in wooden casks
to bring out the bouquet and is excellent for traditional Sardinian
meals of roast and stewed meat and game. It has a characteristically
fruity bouquet (of plums and blackberries), sometimes spicy and
ethereal, full-flavoured and flowery (mature roses) and is dry
, alcoholic, nicely tannic, sapid and soft, with a good body,
intense and persistent. The alcohol content is 13.5 % and it is
served with a meal at around 16-18o°C.
- Vermentino di Sardegna “Praidis” ,
excellent for traditional Sardinian meals of seafood starters,
fish and roasted shellfish, stewed meat and game. It has a straw
colour with slight shades of green, a characteristically fruity
bouquet (of ripe Golden Delicious apples), is flowery (acacia
and citronella), a dry taste, low in alcohol, sapid, soft, and
with a light body. The alcoholic content, the acidity and body
are often more marked. The total percentage of alcohol is 10.5
- 11º and it is served with a meal at around 6-8oC. Other
varieties expected are: medium sweet – Spumante (medium-sweet
or dry).
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