Cantina Gallura Canayli Vermentino di Gallura Superiore DOCG (Limited Edition)
Cantina Gallura / Tempio Pausania, Vermentino di Gallura Superiore DOCG, Sardinia, Italy
The Flinty, High-Altitude Granite White Masterclass
Luminous golden-yellow with brilliant straw reflections. The nose is expansive and intensely aromatic, unleashing notes of ripe yellow peach, honeysuckle, dried herbs (rosemary and thyme), crushed granite, and salty Mediterranean breeze. Full-bodied and tactile on the palate with a rich, oily mid-palate structure, electric citrus acidity, and a long, warm, bitter-almond and saline finish.
⭐⭐ (Sits at 14% ABV owing to its DOCG Superiore late-harvest concentration; while exceptionally pure and steel-fermented, its weight demands pairing with a good meal to keep the head clear).
Fregula con arselle (Sardinian pasta with clams), roasted sea bass, lobster alla catalana, smoked swordfish, or mature Pecorino Sardo.
If standard Vermentino is a breezy beach pour, Canayli Superiore is the serious, high-altitude mountain king. Grown on raw granite soils in the northern hills, it trades simple crispness for pure muscle, golden peach fruit, wild maquis, and a finish so salty you can practically taste the mist coming off the Strait of Bonifacio. A crowning white for the Sardinian collection.