Sardegna Semidano

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The metamorphic granitic core of the Sardinian-Corsican plate dates to the Paleozoic and now outcrops across much of the island, reshaped by tectonic forces and morphological processes into rounded hills and plateaus.
• During the Mesozoic, the sea deposited carbonate-dolomitic layers that subsequently emerged and were eroded to form rugged landscapes such as those of the Supramonte and the Tacchi in central-eastern Sardinia, with similar formations visible in the Nurra and the Sulcis.
• In the Tertiary, the Sardinian-Corsican plate detached from Europe and rotated within the Mediterranean, with deep fractures allowing volcanic magmas to rise to the surface and the sea to repeatedly flood inland depressions.
• In the Plio-Pleistocene, the final basaltic flows of Sardinian volcanism were emplaced, forming the volcanic-sedimentary stratigraphic complexes of western and south-central Sardinia.
• During the Quaternary, erosional processes shaped the present-day landscape, sculpting the broad plain of the Campidano, the smaller plains found throughout the island, and the coastal lagoon and dune systems.
• Soil moisture regime in the production zone is almost always xeric, and soils range from poorly developed entisols through to andosols, the latter occurring on volcanic substrates beneath forest cover.

• The Semidano variety was the subject of research as early as 1780, subsequently classified by Moris in 1837 in the Flora Sardoa, before Cara established its definitive name in 1879.
• Sardegna Semidano must be derived from at least 85% of the Semidano grape variety, cultivated on the island since the eighteenth century according to encyclopaedic sources.

• The wine displays a straw-yellow colour with golden highlights, a delicate, characteristically fruity bouquet, and a soft, savoury, and fresh palate.

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-A1046
• Official trade body site — Laore Sardegna