The Altos team are terroir "junkies" obsessed with the land and varying soils

Zone:Azzanidò district

Frosted pear

spice-accented cherry and boysenberry

Planting 7 acres of mostly Pinot Noir in 1999 with his parents it seems he found his calling

Silvio Carta Vernacchia "Valle del Tirso" sauvignon gris The Altos team are terroir"The Carta family has been making (and storing) wine in the sleepy coastal town of Oristano for generations. The local grape is Vernaccia (though not the one from Gimignano). The vine was possibly introduced by the Phoenicians, or it was cultivated from wild vines of the Tirso Valley. The style is oxidative, but no Englishman created or discovered this wine (as happened in Marsala). And maybe thats a shame, because these wines deserve to be better