Estissa is a label from the Audarya winery, a Malvasia DOC from Cagliari obtained exclusively from grapes coming from the aromatic white grape variety of the same name which presumably arrived in Sardinia in the Early Middle Ages. It is said that it was brought by monks of oriental culture, therefore called alvarega in Sardinian, meaning "white Greek". 

Estissa is part of the winery's high production line. The vines, about thirty years old, are trained on low espaliers, in the Acquasassa area, a countryside 150 m above sea level, characterized by calcareous-clayey soils which give the wines fatness and minerality, freshness and finesse.

Malvasia is a rather early cultivar and to preserve the integrity of the grapes, the harvest is carried out strictly manually, around mid-September. Immediately afterwards the grapes are quickly transported to the cellar and here subjected to soft pressing and natural cold decantation. Fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature, in small cement ovules. Once fermentation has taken place, the wine still ages in cement for around seven months, in contact with the fine lees, so that it increases its structure, the fineness and complexity of the aromas and its minerality.

Estissa shines in the glass with a bright straw yellow and golden reflections. It offers the nose aromatic sensations of flowers, such as almond and broom, white pulp fruit such as thigh pear and saturnine peach, with aromatic sensations of thyme, marjoram and salty puffs.

In the mouth, from the first sip it proves to be a smooth but not predictable drink, a substantial sip characterized by a strong freshness and minerality, intense and fine, with long-lasting aromas.

At the table it can give many emotions, especially if combined with seafood dishes of a certain structure and complexity, such as trofie with tuna and borage, paella with seafood, a tasty white pizza with courgette flowers and ricotta, gratin razor clams, spaghetti with prawn tails and bottarga, good fat cow's milk cheeses such as Casizolu del Montiferru.

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Sardegna

Producer: Audarya

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