Ràfia
Color: straw yellow with golden shades
Year of production: 2017
Price: 15,70 euro
Annual production: 6.000 bottles
Denomination: Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
Aging: inox steel + fermentation in oak barrels + bâtonnage + aging in steel for one year
Grapes: 100% Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
Ràfia is a name that evokes a charm and a peasant and rural symbol, a real instrument that unites thanks to its strong fiber and, above all, builds or generates robust products with character. And the more it waves, the more it makes these bonds unique and powerful.
But ràfia is also a plant, with very long leaves touching the land, from where this shrub grows and joins with the land, almost creating an indissoluble bond with the environment that surrounds it.
Ràfia is the name that Cantina Santa Maria La Palma gave to a wine, thus linking a vine like Vermentino, with the history of the members that are part of this important cooperative of Sardinia.
The Vermentino Ràfia is therefore a strong human and territorial bond, which thanks to its passage in oak wood for a short period, to then refine in steel for at least a year, is presented to the eye with a straw yellow color that tends to golden shades. The sensation to the nose expresses the important selection in the plant because notes of bergamot and fresh fruit emerge, with scents reminiscent of the summer breeze that, coming from the sea, is filled with the aromas of the spontaneous aromatic plants that it finds in its passage with notes that suggest myrtle and wild rosemary.
The taste is well structured and with a body that makes it full and strong, never cloying but with a nice acidity and flavor that recalls drinking, a wine of great harmony and with that complexity that binds it pleasantly to its important personality.
The Vermentino Ràfia can be appreciated with structured dishes, but it can give important emotions while tasting the fragrance that comes from the sea in the evening.
But ràfia is also a plant, with very long leaves touching the land, from where this shrub grows and joins with the land, almost creating an indissoluble bond with the environment that surrounds it.
Ràfia is the name that Cantina Santa Maria La Palma gave to a wine, thus linking a vine like Vermentino, with the history of the members that are part of this important cooperative of Sardinia.
The Vermentino Ràfia is therefore a strong human and territorial bond, which thanks to its passage in oak wood for a short period, to then refine in steel for at least a year, is presented to the eye with a straw yellow color that tends to golden shades. The sensation to the nose expresses the important selection in the plant because notes of bergamot and fresh fruit emerge, with scents reminiscent of the summer breeze that, coming from the sea, is filled with the aromas of the spontaneous aromatic plants that it finds in its passage with notes that suggest myrtle and wild rosemary.
The taste is well structured and with a body that makes it full and strong, never cloying but with a nice acidity and flavor that recalls drinking, a wine of great harmony and with that complexity that binds it pleasantly to its important personality.
The Vermentino Ràfia can be appreciated with structured dishes, but it can give important emotions while tasting the fragrance that comes from the sea in the evening.
Company Profile
It all began in 1946, in the Nurra area, which had been reclaimed and given to the farmworkers following the Agrarian Reform that was implemented in Sardinia in the immediate post-war period. The locals were blessed with skilled, courageous hands that had the capacity to capture the soul of a part of the island that seems to have been designed for winemaking. And so, in 1959, one hundred of them decided to enter into a co-operative and to found the Cantina Santa Maria la Palma (Santa Maria la Palma Winery).
Today, past and future are being combined seamlessly through the new technologies deployed in every project put together by the Winery, which can leverage a tradition that has always married innovation to love for the local soil.
700 hectares of land on the estate are under vine, giving rise to a wealth of highly nuanced Sardinian wines, all made with the same passion and dedication as always, while also taking advantage of everything that state-of-the-art technology has to offer.
Today, past and future are being combined seamlessly through the new technologies deployed in every project put together by the Winery, which can leverage a tradition that has always married innovation to love for the local soil.
700 hectares of land on the estate are under vine, giving rise to a wealth of highly nuanced Sardinian wines, all made with the same passion and dedication as always, while also taking advantage of everything that state-of-the-art technology has to offer.
Cantina Santa Maria la Palma
Loc. Santa Maria La Palma Cantina Alghero, SS 07041 IT
vini@santamarialapalma.it
+39 079 999008
www.santamarialapalma.it
Loc. Santa Maria La Palma Cantina Alghero, SS 07041 IT
vini@santamarialapalma.it
+39 079 999008
www.santamarialapalma.it
