2021 Montisci Cannonau di Sardegna “Barrosu” Sardegna Italy
$74.99 USD $80.00 USD
At the biggest Sardinian celebrations, you’re likely to be greeted with a plate of slow-cooked pork—specifically, suckling pig—and a glass of flavor-packed and full-bodied red wine made from Cannonau, Sardinian Grenache. The island’s quintessential red grape, it yields one of Italy’s grandest rossi. In the center of the island, Giovanni Montisci makes robust and regal Cannonau, which gives the best Châteauneufs a run for their money. With intense flavors of blood orange, brambly fruit, licorice, and herbs, Barrosu is perfectly suited to a wide range of meat slow-cooked over coals.
—Tom Wolf