Winery AsinaraBirbante Extra Dry
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Asinara's Birbante Extra Dry.
Discover the grape variety: Vermentino
Nervy, saline whites with cutting acidity and enveloping richness, showing aromas of grapefruit, lime, pear, white flowers, fresh almond, fennel and marine iodine notes. Slightly bitter finish. Star of Sardinia (Vermentino di Gallura DOCG), Liguria, coastal Tuscany (Bolgheri) and Corsica. Also in Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon as Rolle. An autochthonous Mediterranean variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Birbante Extra Dry from Winery Asinara are 2018, 2016, 0
Informations about the Winery Asinara
The Winery Asinara is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Vermentino di Sardegna to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vermentino di Sardegna
Italian DOC covering all Sardinia, single variety: Vermentino (~80% of Italian production). Signature dry saline whites with signature notes of white apple, lemon, grapefruit, white flowers, Mediterranean herbs, fresh almond and a mineral touch, lively palate punctuated by a typical light almond bitterness — the Mediterranean expression par excellence, perfect with seafood. Hot dry climate, granitic soils. Sunny wine.
The wine region of Sardinia
Italian Mediterranean wine island with 250+ varieties, strong native identity. Signature Cannonau (Grenache) in red: warm and deep with signature ripe cherry, garrigue, myrtle, spice and a balsamic touch, round tannins and a sun-drenched palate. Vermentino di Gallura DOCG star white (80% of Italian Vermentino): fresh and saline (citrus, pear, almond, sea iodine). Also dense Carignan, supple Monica, lively Nuragus, rare oxidative Vernaccia di Oristano.
The word of the wine: Confit
Said of red wines that offer a very ripe nose of red and black fruits reminiscent of jam. On the palate, these aromas are dominant, the wine is very fleshy and round, and leaves an impression of sweetness on the finish that weighs it down.
