Argiolas Perdera Monica di Sardegna 2022
Price: $21.95
Channel: LCBO Vintages
Producer: Argiolas
Country: Italy
Region: Sardinia
Appellation: Monica di Sardegna DOC
Grapes: Monica
Alcohol by Volume: 13.5%
Sugar Content: 3 grams per litre
The wine media has not been uniformly kind to Sardinia’s second red grape. The entry for Monica Nera in Robinson, Harding and Vouillamoz’s encyclopedic Wine Grapes (2012) is headlined “Generally undistinguished dark-skinned variety…”. To be fair, it goes onto suggest that the biggest trouble with Monica might be the tenedecy to grow it for high yields, and names Argiolas, which makes the 2022 Perdera that’s in the LCBO now, as a recommended producer.
In any event, the Perdera Monica is lovely, easy to drink Mediterranean wine. Bolstered by a bit of Carignan and Graciano, look for big dark cherry and black currant fruit with a bit of a volatile acidity acetone lift and white pepper lift on the finish. Soft fruit tannins make this red easy to pair with just about anything that comes of a mixed grill; perfect for an impromtu dinner with the neighbours in the backyard.
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