The Sardus Pater 2015 Carignano del Sulcis Superiore Arruga is one of very few wines from Sardinia that did not fully live up to my enthusiastic expectations of the vintage. This pure expression of Carignano from pre-pylloxera vines feels a bit weighed down and flattened by the heat and the sunshine of the vintage with jammy notes of blackberry marmalade, raisin and prune. This is a robust, mid-weight red. I would suggest a short drinking window as a result. The wine is aged in puncheons for 16 months. Some 7,000 bottles were made.