Cardedu Vermentino di Sardegna 2004 Tasting Notes

The Cardedu, which is less than $10 and, alas, now sold out at my source, brings a great deal to the glass. It has direct acidity complemented by seductive aromatic fruit and flowers. The light straw wine is clean and mainstream dry. The first aromas show a range of floral notes, a field of wild flowers, for example, rather than something cultivated out of a vase. Pear, peach, lime and a stony, mineral note round out the nose.

The wine's acidity is tart, direct, and yet the stuff of ripe fruit. Ripe apricot came first to my sensors, with peach, lime, tangerine and a touch of tropical mango. Those flowers—lets consider them the edible variety—meld nicely with all this. The wine is brilliantly refreshing, but far more than a quaffing wine. It is as if we have arrived at some country market that offers fresh fruit and flowers, on the perfect day, very early in the morning, with no other tourists around.