Santadi
Sardinia
Santadi was founded in 1960 within the township of that name, close to the gorgeous white dunes of Porto Pino. The winery's turning point came in the mid-1970s, when Pilloni came on board and called in the Piedmontese-born oenologist Giacomo Tachis, of Sassicaia fame (recently celebrated as Decanter’s Man of the Year 2011), who has long been a believer in the emerald island’s enormous potential and was instrumental to the quality revolution of Sardinian wine. Santadi vineyards now cover an impressive 1,235 acres (500 hectares) of prime, gently rolling land reaching right out to the sea. Terrain is truly unique: here, pre-Phylloxera rootstock survives thanks to the sandy nature of the soil.
Santadi was founded in 1960 within the township of that name, close to the gorgeous white dunes of Porto Pino. The winery's turning point came in the mid-1970s, when Pilloni came on board and called in the Piedmontese-born oenologist Giacomo Tachis, of Sassicaia fame (recently celebrated as Decanter’s Man of the Year 2011), who has long been a believer in the emerald island’s enormous potential and was instrumental to the quality revolution of Sardinian wine. Santadi vineyards now cover an impressive 1,235 acres (500 hectares) of prime, gently rolling land reaching right out to the sea. Terrain is truly unique: here, pre-Phylloxera rootstock survives thanks to the sandy nature of the soil.
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