Two types of Nurra’s characteristic soils alternate transversely in the vineyard: a red, iron-rich clay which is medium compact and rich in fine skeleton from quartzites, and a looser white calcareous clay with coarser calcarenite skeleton.

The soils, as in many parts of Sardinia, are rich in potassium and fairly poor in nitrogen. The positive presence of clay, although it involves more care in soil management, ensures us a fairly constant water supply during the growing season and gives structure and elegance the wines.

The first hectare, Vermentino, was planted in 1998 following the explantation of the old family vineyard.
The first hectare, Vermentino, was planted in 1998 following the explantation of the old family vineyard.

Hence the genetic material comes entirely from the explanted vineyard, so we are fortunate to have preserved a very old mass selection of Vermentino that preserves certain quality characteristics that are fundamental to us (medium-small and sparse bunch, elongated shape with a discreet semi-aromaticity of the berry).

The second planting took place in the 2000’s, of about half a hectare of Cagnulari, this one again grafted in the field, but with genetic material from different vineyards in surrounding areas.

In 2021 we planted an additional half hectare of Cagnulari, though we changed the planting spacing (reducing it) and used different rootstocks.