Sella & Mosca Cannonau Reserve 750ml

About the Producer: Sella & Mosca

Selle & Mosca (also "Sella e Mosca") is Sardinia's largest wine producer, offering a wide range of wines, including local delicacies, wider Mediterranean and so-called "international" varieties. It is especially famous for its Cannonau (Grenache) and Vermentino wines, as well as the Torbato grape, which is grown exclusively by the company on its I Piani estate, located 10 km (six miles) north of Alghero, in the northwest corner of The island. , I Piani is one of Europe's largest wineries, with 520 hectares (1,285 acres) of adjacent vineyards. In addition to the varieties mentioned above, the vineyard features (individually or in combination) the red Bordeaux varieties, some of which have recently been planted by Monica, and Sauvignon Blanc. The company then uses a six-hectare (15-acre) site under the ancient vineyards of Carignano del Sulzis in the south of the island and 15 hectares (37 acres) of Vermentino di Gallura DOCG in the northeast. Piani is located next to wineries built in 1903. Three production lines can handle 30,000 kg (33 US tons) per hour, and the winery is equipped with 150 stainless steel tanks, oak barrels and larger barrels to store 160,000 liters ( 42,000 US gallons) of wine. The company was founded in 1899 by Erimino. Sella and Eduardo Mosca are two businessmen from Piedmont. In 2002, Terra Moretti was acquired by Gruppo Campari, which in 2016 sold it (together with the Tuscan winery Teruzzi & Puthod) for 62 million euros to the construction and wine business Terra Moretti. ...