The Alghero DOC reaches about 19 miles inland from Alghero, including Olmedo, Ossi, Tissi, Usini, Uri, Ittiri and part of Sassari. The area is exposed to sea and wind. Its wines are described as having mineral and salty notes. Malvasia di Bosa is also part of this north-west Sardegna wine area.
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Elsewhere in Sardegna
- Cagliari & Southern CampidanoNo producers listed yetCagliari & Southern Campidano includes eight listed appellations, among them Cagliari, Monica di Sardegna, Cannonau di Sardegna and Vermentino di Sardegna. Monica is the most common red grape across southern Sardinia.
- Gallura & North-EastNo producers listed yetGallura & North-East includes Vermentino di Gallura and Moscato di Sorso. Granite hills and marine breezes are part of the local Vermentino landscape.
- Mandrolisai & Barbagia (Central Highlands)1 producerMandrolisai & Barbagia centres on the Mandrolisai appellation in the western Barbagie, around Atzara and Sorgono.
- Oristano & Campidano PlainNo producers listed yetOristano & Campidano Plain includes Vernaccia di Oristano, Campidano di Terralba, Arborea and Sardegna Semidano. Vernaccia matures oxidatively in partly empty oak or chestnut casks.
- Sulcis & Iglesiente (South-West)No producers listed yetSulcis & Iglesiente is home to the Carignano del Sulcis appellation. Its Carignano production sits between the south-western mountains and the sea.
Producers in Alghero & North-West Coast
Producer profiles
- Cantina Santa Maria La PalmaLarge Sardinian cooperative near Alghero, founded in 1959 by 100 small farmers on reclaimed Nurra land.
- Tenuta Sella & MoscaSardinia's largest wine estate, founded 1899 by a Piedmontese engineer and lawyer who reclaimed 520 hectares of scrubland at Alghero and built a workers' village that still stands inside the vineyard today.