GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: San Salvatore
Region: Stio, Cilento (Parco Nazionale del Cilento), Salerno province, Campania, Italy
Appellation: Paestum IGT (PGI)
Type: Dry white wine, non-sparkling
Vintage: 2020
Date of Tasting: January 2020
Type of viticulture: organic
Grapes used: 100% Fiano (local grape variety)
Vintage Blend: 100% from 2020 grapes
Winemaking details: hand-harvested, soft pressing, fermentation in stainless steel tanks
Aging: 6 months
Sugar level: low
Sulphites: Contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Lemon
- Intensity = Medium
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium+
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = lemon, white peach, apple, mineral notes, chamomile, lemongrass, acacia and eucalyptus
PALATE
- Sweetness = dry
- Acidity = Medium
- Tannins = N/A
- Alcohol = Medium (13%)
- Body = Medium+
- Flavour Intensity = Medium+
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = lemon, white peach, apple, mineral notes, chamomile, jasmine, lemongrass, acacia and eucalyptus
- Other = enjoyable slight bitterness
- Finish = Medium+
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 5-7 years
- Can gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 30 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = very good
- Comparison with same price competition = very good
- Suitability for Diabetics = level of residual sugar not communicated
- Service Temperature = around 10°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = seafood dishes, spaghetti with seafood, fish in marinade, bean soup, semi-hard cheeses, fried fishes, raw vegetables
- Comments = Fine, fresh andpleasantly mineral. This wine will seduce you by its finesse, elegance, quite lengthy finish and impeccable balance acidity-fruit together with some mineral notes.
- Final Grade = A-
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
