Pala S'Arai Isola dei Nuraghi IGT 2020 (750ml) *
Product price
$54.99
Description
A blend built from three Sardinian grapes, this Isola dei Nuraghi IGT from Pala leans on Cannonau (40%) for its warm heart, with Carignano (30%) and Bovale (30%) filling out the frame. The 2020 spent fourteen months in French oak barrique, and it carries the island's Mediterranean warmth without tipping into heaviness. Consider giving it a year or two more in the cellar to let the pieces knit together.
There's a seductive lift here, a dusting of sweet spice that gives way to dried cherries, blueberry, and cocoa. The fruit moves in a silken wave, ripe reds and blacks sweeping across the palate but kept honest by cooling acidity. Fine-grained tannins gather toward the finish, which turns structured and long with a whisper of mocha and a pleasantly chewy grip. For all its richness, it stays remarkably fresh.
Expert Reviews
Truly seductive, the 2020 Isola dei Nuraghi S'Arai opens with a dusting of sweet spice before revealing a core of dried cherries, blueberry and cocoa. This is pure elegance, with a seamlessly silken wave of ripe red and black fruits that sweeps across the palate, all guided by cooling acidity. Fine-grained tannins amass toward the close. Structured and long, the 2020 leaves a subtle hint of mocha and a pleasantly chewy sensation, maintaining fantastic freshness. The S'Arai is a blend of 40% Cannonau, 30% Carignano and 30% Bovale that aged for 14 months in French oak barrique. The 2020 could use another year or two to integrate, but otherwise, it’s a beauty. (Vinous)