Argiolas Turriga Isola dei Nuraghi 2020

97 Points, James Suckling

Suckling calls this beauty “rich and layered” with “so much berry, cedar, chocolate and bark character” before noting it’s “already gorgeous” but will be “better in three or four years.” This is 85% old-vine Cannonau (Sardinian Grenache) from limestone-rich soils near the ancient plains of Selegas, blended with Carignano and Bovale Sardo from tiny vineyard plots that naturally limit yields and concentrate the juice. It’s so powerful with it’s fruit-forward Grenache, but also silky and tightly wound, only showing a fraction of what is surely to come down the road. 

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97 Points, James Suckling
A rich and layered red with so much berry, cedar, chocolate and bark character. It’s medium- to full-bodied with a tight center palate and a flavorful finish. Starts out intense and then finishes very fine and focused. A blend of 85% cannonau, 10% carignano and 5% bovale. Better in three or four years, but already gorgeous.

There are wines that define a region, and then there’s Turriga.

This isn’t just Sardinia’s most famous wine – it’s one of Italy’s greatest reds, period. The wine that Antonio Argiolas and legendary winemaker Giacomo Tachis (father of an almost infinite number of Italian great reds, from Sassicaia to Tignanello, from Le Pupille’s Saffredi) created to prove that Sardinia could compete with the best of Piedmont and Tuscany.
The now-sacred wine is poured at the Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, and Marea amongst others, the ultimate wine when sommeliers want to show guests what southern Italy can really do.

The name Turriga comes from both the specific vineyard site and an ancient pagan goddess whose 5,000-year-old statue – found by a farmer near these very vineyards – graces every bottle’s label. History, terroir, and winemaking mastery all converging in one wine.

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