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Cantina di Santadi

Santadi · Sud Sardegna (SU)
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Established
1960
A cooperative founded by 20 founding members (transformed under president Antonello Pilloni from 1976, with oenologist Giacomo Tachis from 1980)
Yearly production
Location
Santadi
Sud Sardegna (SU) · Sardegna
Vineyard area
A cooperative drawing on member vineyards across the Sulcis in southwest Sardinia, centred on old bush-trained (alberello) Carignano vines on sandy coastal soils.

Appellations

Carignano del Sulcis DOCVermentino di Sardegna DOC

History

Cantina di Santadi is a cooperative founded in 1960 in the Sulcis corner of southwest Sardinia. Its transformation began when Antonello Pilloni became president in 1976 and, from 1980, brought in Giacomo Tachis, the oenologist behind Sassicaia and Tignanello, to reinvent its wines. In 1988 the cooperative released the first Terre Brune (1984 vintage), Sardinia's first barrique-aged red and still its flagship, showing the heights old-vine Carignano of the Sulcis could reach.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Terre Brune
Carignano del Sulcis DOC
Rocca Rubia Riserva
Carignano del Sulcis DOC
Grotta Rossa
Carignano del Sulcis DOC
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