Mario Bagella Isola dei Nuraghi Cagnulari Olieddu 2019 Vintage:2019 and maybe the season’s last

and maybe the season’s last ripe small tomatoes

a multicolored patchwork of clay

salted apricot and black pepper with freshly harvested honeycomb

Good for meals hot off the grill

strawberry and watermelon

Mario Bagella Isola dei Nuraghi Cagnulari Olieddu 2019 Vintage:2019 and maybe the season’s lastMario Bagella is one of the foremost winemakers on Sardinia, famous for his elegantly handled Cannonau and Vermentino. This Olieddu cuvee is made from the obscure indigenous variety Cagnulari. It's a clone derived from Gracciano grapes brought to the island from Spain during its Aragonese period. This wine is a bruiser. Deep black fruit baked into a compote, a shovel full of smoky volcanic earth, and framed with wrought iron tannins. This is the sort