The coat of arms of Cagliari
Cagliari is a key town of Sardinia (Sardegna to its Italian-speaking population) and its name plays a significant role in the DOCs of the island region. The town is the administrative center of the eponymous Cagliari province which, until it was split into three in 2005, covered the entire southern quarter of Sardinia. It now covers just the eastern two-thirds of its former area, the remaining third being divided between the new provinces of Medio Campidano and Carbonia Iglesias.
There is now no single Cagliari DOC, but several varietal DOCs where the grapes come exclusively from the Cagliari province: Giro di Cagliari, Malvasia di Cagliari, Monica di Cagliari, Moscato di Cagliari, Nasco di Cagliari and Nuragus di Cagliari.
