Alghero Torbato Catore 2021

Catore is a particular grapes’ selection of the Torbato variety, vinified with an original and articulated process. The aim of Sella & Mosca is to extrapolate the most out of this native vine of the Alghero area and make it a great evolved and structured wine. The grapes come from a single vineyard with very calcareous soil and are harvested by hand when fully ripe in October.

In the cellar the grapes are de-stemmed and crushed as for a red and left to cold-macerate for 24 hours. After which they are pressed and the liquid must undergoes alcoholic fermentation partly in steel vat and partly in barrique and a small part of the wine remains in contact with the skins for 100 days. Finally, the different batches of wine are blended and the wine ages for another year before being put on the market.