Cantina Di Santadi

Sardinia has two top farms, one of which is Cantina di Santadi. The Santadi is a cooperative winery. 

With class and Tachis to success - Cantina Di Santadi

The management is very hands-on and far-sighted. From very early on, they have always placed emphasis on class. But the decisive step on the way to the top was that Santadi managed to engage a 'wine legend' as consultant: Giacomo Tachis.

Fresh wind in the house

Giacomo Tachis is without doubt the oenologist who has given the most important impulses to Italian viticulture over the last 50 years. For many years Tachis was Antinori's chief oenologist and as such the 'inventor' of cult wines such as Tignanello, Sassicaia and Solaia. He made the barrique barrels acceptable in Italy, he advocated a limitation of the harvest per plant, he created wines with high concentration and density and he led Santadi to success.

Into the charts with Carignano

Tachis has always been interested in the grape varieties and wines of Sardinia, especially Carignano. He was convinced that Carignano is the stuff of which great wines can be made. And he proved it with the red wines of Santadi. With

• Rocca Rubia and
• Terre Brune

he created great wines that were quickly included in the international 'hit lists'.