Lai buys short: Vermentino that still tastes of skins, Cannonau with dust on it, and a few bottles from Liguria and Catalonia when the island needs a neighbour.
Vermentino di Sardegna, 2024
Tenuta del Sale · Alghero coast
Salt, lemon leaf, a little bitterness. The house white for crudo and clams.
€9 glass · €42 bottle
Vermentino, macerato, 2023
Domu de Luna · Gallura
Twelve days on skins. Tea, apricot stone. For fregola and the aubergine.
€11 glass · €52 bottle
Vernaccia di Oristano, 2016
Cantina Mola · Oristano
Oxidative, walnut, harbour air. A glass with the first plate, or instead of sherry.
€13 glass · €68 bottle
Cannonau di Sardegna, 2021
Tenuta del Sale · Nepente di Oliena
Dust, sour cherry, no makeup. The lamb wine.
€10 glass · €48 bottle
Cagnulari, 2022
Domu de Luna · Usini
Darker, more herb. If you want red with the lobster, this is the less wrong one.
€12 glass · €56 bottle
Malvasia di Bosa, 2018
Cantina Mola · Planargia
Dry-sweet, orange peel. With seadas, or alone after the last boat has gone.
€12 glass · €70 bottle