Villa Sandi Sauvignon Tardo 2022
Sauvignon Tardo by Villa Sandi winery in Veneto is a pale straw yellow with light golden glints white wine made of Sauvignon Blanc grape. The name of the wine – ‘Tardo’ – means the grapes are collected slightly later to allow more fruit concentration.
On the nose, Tardo expresses marked aromas of mixed exotic fruit with pleasant hints of pepper and geranium flowers. On the palate it is well-balanced and flavoursome with an agreeable ‘vegetable’ and fruity finish.
How is the wine made?
The grapes are left to overripen on the vine for approximately 15 days, hence the name “Tardo”
(late). The harvest is therefore in the second ten days of September.
Whole grapes are put into the pneumatic press for soft pressing and the resulting must, after a first racking, is
put into controlled temperature fermentation tanks. The wine remains on the lees for several months and is then bottled.
About the winery
The Moretti Polegato family has been devoted to wine production for many generations with Giancarlo Moretti Polegato, current owner of the winery, carrying forward family tradition of winemaking at Villa Sandi these days.
The winery uniquely owns vineyards in all major Prosecco areas: Treviso DOC, Valdobbiadene DOCG, Asolo DOCG and Cartizze where the winery owns estate Vigna La Rivetta.
Vigna La Rivetta lies in the heart of the Cartizze area, between the hamlets of Santo Stefano and San Pietro di Barbozza, in the municipality of Valdobbiadene. Perfect combination of gentle microclimate and fertile soil has resulted in wines with unique characteristics. Villa Sandi Cartizze Vigna Rivetta is considered to be one of the best Cartizze judging by the wine experts’ reviews and is uniquely proposed in a brut version.
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