Very intense flavors of dried lemons with zest and salty undertones. It’s medium- to full-bodied with so much flavor and phenolic tension. Minerally and spicy at the end. You can taste the sea. Drink now.

This hot vintage has produced a thick and powerful expression of Sardinia's thin-skinned Nasco grape. Vintners must take care with the grape's naturally low yields and its tendency to produce highly alcoholic wines. This edition, the 2017 Nasco di Cagliari Iselis, for example, delivers 15% alcohol, which makes the wine appropriate for risotto, medium-aged cheeses and other foods with a more prominent fatty characteristic that needs breaking up. Otherwise, this pretty and unique wine shows orchard and tropical fruits with some nutty tones on the close.

Light-bodied and creamy, with hints of chalk and grapefruit peel underscoring the apricot and slivered almond notes. Drink now. 4,150 cases made.??–AN??Region: Italy / South / Nasco di Cagliari Select to Add

The 2016 Nasco di Cagliari Iselis is a beautifully bright and luminous wine. It is a pleasure to behold. Nasco grapes are fermented in stainless steel, and a very small part of the wine is aged briefly in oak. The bouquet offers immediate intensity in the form of citrus, bergamot, honey and acacia flower. The mouthfeel is flowing, silky and long. Some 50,000 bottles were made.

There's a pleasing plumpness to this citrusy, medium-bodied white, enlivened by vibrant acidity that focuses the glazed apricot, lychee, fresh tarragon and anise flavors. Drink now through 2020. 3,333 cases made.??–AN??Region: Italy / South / Nasco di Cagliari Select to Add