Foreigner・Panevino 2019
Product name: foreigner
Producer name: Panevino
Variety: Carignano
Region: Italy > Sardinia
Category: red
Capacity: 750ml
(The following is from the importer's materials)
This wine is made from cannulari grapes grown by a classmate of Gianfranco's from his school days. Cannulari is a variety known as Graciano in Spain, and is said to have just the right amount of color, tannins, sugar, acidity, and more. While the Granual grapes mentioned below are grown in the village of Nurri where Gianfranco lives, the cannulari used in this wine are not from Nurri, which is why the wine was named Foreigner, which means outsider in English.
Product name: Foreigner
Producer: Panevino
Panevino
Current owner Gianfranco Manca began cultivating grapes himself in 1986 in fields that had been passed down from generation to generation, and officially began operating as a winery in 1994. We have a total of 3 hectares of fields in 5 plots, ranging from 450m to 700m above sea level, with soils ranging from volcanic to clay-schist, where we grow indigenous varieties of Sardinia (Cannonau, Muristell, Cannulari, Carignano, Monica). , Moretu, Giro, Moscato, Malvasia, Vermentino, Semidano, Nuragus). Some trees are over 100 years old depending on the variety and plot. Annual production: 7500-9000 liters. In order to have the utmost respect for the earth, people, and other living things, we do not apply any fertilizer to our fields, instead using them as green manure by plowing in native grasses and even using Bordeaux liquid. Instead of spraying a mixture of fine powdered soil and sulfur as a pesticide, the fields are not sprayed with anything other than once in June (some fields are never sprayed at all). Even at the winery, no chemicals are used in all processes from brewing to bottling.
In addition to wine production, they also make a living as a bakery, using local pesticide-free flour and using naturally fermented seeds (perhaps you could say wheat flour ferments on its own) that have been passed down from generation to generation. Bread is baked in a wood-fired oven. In addition to grapes, he also grows olives, vegetables, fruits, and grains, which are served at his agriturismo.