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Antonella Corda - Isola dei Nuraghi Ziru 2019

Name: Antonella Corda - Isola dei Nuraghi Ziru 2019
Brand: Antonella Corda
Rating: 3.3 (6 reviews)

Isola dei Nuraghi|White wine

3.3/5 (6 customers)

17,5/20

Jancis Robinson

Italy

Vermentino

floral

spicy

complex

beef tenderloin

"A true tribute to the Italian Vermentino grape variety!"

"Ziru is the old local name for the jars used to store oil and wine. This wine undergoes a long maceration, is aged in earthenware jars, and is naturally unfiltered. It smells of honey—intoxicating, like the warm, rich fragrance of many flowering linden trees. There are notes of honeysuckle, the buzz of a large, lazy bee, and richness—a wine with the sensuality of a sleepy summer afternoon. Golden and honeyed, yet with a marvelous thick, creamy bitterness underpinning it all; layered, multidimensional, expressing itself in space, like a rich, impasto painting with a cracked texture on raw linen stretched across a frame. Lanolin and aloe, freesia and baked pear, candied grapefruit peel, bay leaf, luminous lemon leaf. Absolutely magnificent. 2022–2027" (Jancis Robinson 2023)

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Estate

Antonella Corda

Vintage

Ziru

Vintage

2019

Designation

Isola dei Nuraghi

Region

Italy

Grape Varieties

100% Vermentino

Regions

Soils composed of sand, clay, and silt, at an elevation of 200 meters

Viticulture

Reasoned

Grape Harvest

Manuals

Winemaking

The grapes are chilled, and all operations are carried out in an oxygen-free environment using dry ice to preserve the grapes’ aromas and reduce the use of SO2. The grapes are destemmed, followed by fermentation in terracotta amphorae (ziru), which are then sealed so that the wine can continue to age.

Livestock Farming

For 6 months in amphorae

Alcohol content

14,5%

Eye

A lovely straw-yellow color with golden highlights and a brilliant sheen

Nose

This wine aims to reveal all the aromas and hidden depth of each grape, with a complex floral bouquet combined with pronounced fruity and mineral notes.

Palate

The tannins, softened by the terracotta, and the bold acidity take center stage with every sip

Serve

At 10-12°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink before

2027

Food and Wine Pairings

Enjoy it with a skate wing in caper sauce, shrimp sautéed with ginger...

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Rated Estate Recommended

Jancis Robinson

Wine rated (2022 guide) 17,5/20

About the wine:

"Ziru" is the old local name for the jars used to store oil and wine. This wine undergoes a long maceration, is aged in earthenware jars, and is naturally unfiltered. It smells of honey—intoxicating, like the warm, thick fragrance of many blooming linden trees. There are notes of honeysuckle, the buzz of a large, lazy bee, and richness—a wine with the sensuality of a sleepy summer afternoon. Golden and honeyed, yet with a wonderful, thick, creamy bitterness that underpins it all; complex, multi-dimensional, expressing itself in space, like a rich, impasto painting with a cracked texture on a raw linen canvas stretched across a frame. Lanolin and aloe, freesia and baked pear, candied grapefruit peel, bay leaf, luminous lemon leaf. Absolutely magnificent. 2022–2027

James Suckling

Rated winery (2022 guide) Recommended

Customer Rating

3.3/5

based on 6 reviews

Review and comment by Mr. FRANCO D. Posted on April 18, 2024

Tasted after 8 days of aging: The wine has a golden-yellow color and is cloudy, which is concerning; the taste is borderline unpleasant—everyone grimaced.