Cantina Mesa s.a.s. di E. L. Fontana

The MESA winery of Gavino Sanna, the most famous, award-winning italian advertising agent, was founded in 2004 out of the desire to create something extraordinary and unique from the owner’s homeland. The company is situated in Sant’Anna Arresi, in the valley of Porto Pino, and it stretches over 70 hectares of land, in the heart of Sulcis Iglesiente, in a valley sheltered from the mistral wind and surrounded by the sea. The vineyards are arranged in espaliers, most of them follow the spurred cordon system and however a few follow the ungrafted bush training system, according to the different condition and location of the land. Since 2008, the company has been assisted by the young and clever oenologist Stefano Cova. The company mainly grows native vines -Carignano, Vermentino and Cannonau-, the production is maintained very low, with an average of 70 quintals per hectare, for a total average production of about 700,000 bottles a year. The new winery is an ultramodern structure, built on three floors, where grapes and wine are treated with great care. Pumps are banished, and the principal of the “natural fall” is used. The grapes are brought to the top level of the establishment, where they are destemmed and they undergo a soft crushing. Afterwards the must goes in the fermentation vessels, located on the second floor, for different processing phases. Last stage, the ageing cellar, located several meters under the ground level, where French oak barriques, cement tanks and steel tanks are situated. Here the wines undertake their last ageing processes. Growing method: spurred cordon (80%) and bush- trained (20%).