Nuragus di Cagliari

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Sardinia-Corsica plate originated in the Paleozoic and in the Tertiary broke away from the European plate, rotating within the Mediterranean to its current position, with the formation of fractures and volcanic magmas.
• Growing substrates include granite and porphyry soils in the south-eastern zone, regosols and vertisols on marly sandstone in the Parteolla and Trexenta areas, quaternary alluvial soils on the Campidano of Cagliari and Oristano, brown soils on trachyte, and sandy sediments and sandstone in the Sulcis and Iglesiente areas.
• The geographical growing area varies in altitude from the coastline to the inland hills, as well as varying in the nature of its substrates.
• In the southern belt, from the Sulcis through the Campidano of Cagliari to the Sarrabus, a sub-tropical climate prevails, with annual rainfall below 700 mm and average annual temperature above 17°C.
• In the central Campidano and the Tirso Valley, a warm temperate climate prevails, with average annual temperature no lower than 15°C and annual rainfall not exceeding 800 mm.

• The wine, associated with the term Nuragus, appears in the eighteenth century as Muscadeddu de Nuragus, one of the most widely produced wines of the period.
• Starting in 1736, the viceroy the Marquis of Rivarolo encouraged the spread of viticulture on the island, making it compulsory on land deemed suitable for the vine.
• In 1982 the Nuragus grape variety covered 45.6% of the vine-growing area of the province of Cagliari, while the second most-planted white grape variety covered barely 1.1% of the area.

• The colour is straw yellow, sometimes with slight greenish highlights, while the palate ranges from dry to off-dry, savoury, well-balanced and slightly tangy.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A1164
• Official trade body site — Laore Sardegna