U.V.A. – Panevino

U.V.A - Panevino

U.V.A., or United Vineyards of wide Kussorgia, is a rare red wine produced with a blend of different native Sardinian red grapes from old vines. Like all the wines of Gianfranco Manca the percentages of the vines change every year. The harvesting of the grapes is manual, and in the cellar the vinification is spontaneous with the only indigenous yeasts in steel tanks with long macerations. It does not undergo filtration or treatments of any kind before being bottled. U.V.A. It is an intense ruby ​​color. Fruity notes of cherry, black cherry, myrtle, with mineral and salty touches are perceived on the nose. In the mouth it is warm, enveloping, full bodied, powerful, with good freshness and well integrated tannins. Persistent and enjoyable finish.

Service

It is advisable to taste it at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulip glasses. Wine to be drunk immediately but left a few years in the cellar can give great emotions.

Pairings

The foreign Graoes goes perfectly with first courses with meat sauce, pan-fried or stewed red meat, aged cheeses, cured meats like wild boar ham.

Cellar: Panevino

The Panevino winery is located just outside the small town of Nurri between Ogliastra and Barbagia. Behind Panevino we find Gianfranco Manca, a restless man, angular and silent, who strongly believes in his territory of origin. At a young age, Gianfranco took over his uncle's bakery, cooking the classic Sardinian bread he learned to make from his mother and aunts. His bread is still appreciated in his city and the bakery was a success. Together with the bakery, Gianfranco also inherited lots of land with very old vines. Today there are six hectares of vines, planted mainly in Cannonau with another 30 different vines. All the vines are raised in sapling that Gianfranco knows one by one. His is an ancient viticulture made of fatigue and sweat, managed with an absolute knowledge of agriculture and territorial heritage. In the cellar it does not use sulphites, does not apply filtrations, and reduces human interventions to the minimum necessary. Only 20000 bottles produced in which Gianfranco does not look for a wine that reflects the territory, but a wine that tells the man who does it. And his wines, out of the box in the names and in the grapes, which change every year, resemble him.