Tales from Sardinia, Terroir, Culture, tales from the Pala Family
The story of the Pala family is also the history of the wine in Sardinia. The history of the island with its, its vineyards, its ancient people…
Sardinia is one of the oldest emerged lands in the Mediterranean area… geographically is part of the French massif, while the rest of the Italian peninsula belongs to the African bloc….
Eratosthenes was used to describe Sardinia as the world’s largest island and this is the impression that you get circumnavigating Sardinia as its coasts are jagged. Yet Sardinia is really a micro continent. A land where the farthest point from the sea is only sixty miles and where you can find a concentration of stunning landscapes and a nature of its own. Snowy mountains. The longest canyon in Europe to the only desert of the continent, fertile plains and limestone hills overlooking the sea as the ones where you will see Pala’s vineyards
Pala's Vineyards
Pala vineyards are divided in eight different single ones. Some of them are really close to the cellar, some other one are far. Different terroirs, the best exposure, and the best soil type are adapted to the different grape varieties. Form the town of Serdiana, where Pala has its cellar and where the limestone in a rolling hill area is common to the municipalities of Ussana and Senorbì with again limeston and marnes. The farest ones are in the municipalities of Uras, Terralba and San Nicolò d’Arcidano in the central western coast of the island, this vineyards are planted in white sands.
Our VineyardsIs Crabilis
Is Crabilis is the name of a sandy limestone hill entirely covered with vines. The name, translated from the Sardinian language indicates that, in the past, perhaps there was a goat shelter, although probably; in antiquity; in the Neolithic era, It was the site of a village. the witnesses are some of the tools that were found on the summit of the hill. The clayey limestone of its base gradually become more loose towards the summit with layers of limestone. From its summit, at about 250 meters above sea level it dominates the valley and has an amazing view of the Seven Brothers. The highest peaks in the southern Sardinia. In this estate we grow Carignano, Vermentino, Malvasia Sarda, Monica, Cannonau and Nuragus.
- Altitude
- 250 meters a.s.l.
- Grapes
- Carignano, Vermentino, Malvasia Sarda, Monica, Cannonau, Nuragus
Our VineyardsTanca S'Arai
“Tanca” in Sardinian language means big pieces of land fenced. The name S’Arai, in Sardinian, means the plow.
It ‘a vine of almost fifteen hectares approximately two kilometers from our cellar, in the town of Serdiana. A hill 220 meters above sea level. The exposure is perfectly south and grounds are clayey and calcareous with different strikes. Here, apart from the grapes that produce the family Cru, S’Arai (Cannonau, Carignano and Bovale), is also home for the oldest nuragus vineyard of the family.
- Altitude
- 220 meters a.s.l.
- Grapes
- Cannonau, Carignano, Bovale
Our VineyardsCosta Is Arangius
This vineyard not far from the romanesque church of Santa Maria di Sibiola has a limestone clay soil, very white at the bottom and dark at the summit. South east exposure is the perfect location for Vemrntino and Monica.
- Altitude
- --
- Grapes
- Vermentino, Monica
Our VineyardsBiesinna
White limestone for this vineyard at 150 asl… its top is also a great belvedere point for the view of the Gulf.
Home for a twenty year old Vermentino and Monica.
- Altitude
- 150 meters a.s.l.
- Grapes
- Vermentino, Monica
Our VineyardsBenatzu Coloru
“The colored sands” or “snake”, this is the translation of the name of this vineyard of five hectares facing south and not far from the cellar, at around 170 meters above sea level. Here, on a mostly clay soil, we cultivate our Monica.
- Altitude
- 170 meters a.s.l.
- Grapes
- Monica
Our VineyardsSu Stani
Is a forty years old bush vine looking at the rare salty pond 18 km far from the sea, home for pink flamingos.
The north exposure and the clay together with the limestone at the top of the hill are particularly good for the freshness of the Nuragus grapes planted there.
- Altitude
- 160 meters a.s.l.
- Grapes
- Nuragus
Our VineyardsSanta Maria
Known also as Sa Corte e’perda, in Sardinian language The Stone Court, this is one of our youngest vineyards. Here the aromatic side of the Malvasia Sarda grows thanks to the soil type particularly reach in limestone and basaltic stones. This vine is planted next to the Romanesque Church of Santa Maria di Sibiola.
Altitude is 160 m asl and the vines have just passed the tenth year.
- Altitude
- 160 meters a.s.l.
- Grapes
- Malvasia Sarda
Our VineyardsTerralbese
We are in the southern part of the Oristano area, central western coast of Sardinia, close to the border of the Cagliari province with vines planted in white sands and closed by cactus… is a particular envinment known to be the home for a grape variety “Bovale” mistakenly compared to the graciano but, according to the dna and the studies made, native of the island of Sardina, where the wild version is still avalable.
The sea is not far, only 4 km.
- Altitude
- 11 meters a.s.l.
- Grapes
- Bovale
