Sardinia, custodian of biodiversity

Sardinia is among the Italian regions with the highest rate of ampelographic biodiversity. One might have thought that Tuscany and Campania were unreachable from this point of view, but the island has partially denied this prejudice, offering an enormous ampelographic variety.

Agricola Soi di Nuragus (South Sardinia) is a small winery and educational farm that was born twenty years ago from a project conceived by Stefano Soi: to try to make the concept of agriculture evolve into "agriculture". Being also an architect has made this dream possible: the materials used in the construction of the cellar are the same that are found in his work of redevelopment of historic Sardinian centres: stone, wood, insulating materials such as wool and cork. The vineyards, pruned according to the Simonit & Sirch method, are not irrigated, nor weeded or chemically fertilized, only worked mechanically or by hand. From the outset, the winery focused on the autochthonous ones: Bovale, Muristellu, Cagnulari, Sardinian Barbera and above all Nuragus, whose use in purity is foreseen only by the Doc Nuragus of Cagliari. It is characterized by a late ripening period: it is the last island white berried grape to be harvested, in the first weeks of October. Soi has drawn a very personal version, the Nurà: the refinement takes place in unwaxed terracotta amphorae, with a 2-month rest on the lies; for a nectar with scents of Mediterranean scrub, such as helichrysum and asphodel that surround the vineyards; the sip offers balanced sapidity and freshness, thanks to marly soils of marine origin.