Savuto

The Protected Designation of Origin "Savuto", identifies the homonymous wines produced in the White, Red and Rosé types. For the Rosé there is also the Classico variant, for the Red there are the Classico and Superiore variants. 

Grapes

For the vineyards used in the production of Savuto bianco wine, a particular ampelographic composition is required that includes the following grape varieties: Montonico (not more than 40%), Chardonnay (not more than 30%), Greco bianco (not more than 20%), Malvasia bianca (not more than 10%) as well as other white grapes, suitable for cultivation in Calabria (not more than 45%). For Rosso and Rosato, on the other hand, the following varieties are required: Gaglioppo (up to 45%), Aglianico (up to 45%), Greco nero and Nerello cappuccio (alone or together, but not more than 10%) and other black grapes, identified as above (maximum 45%). 

Physicochemical and Organoleptic properties

The Savuto Bianco (minimum total alcoholic strength by volume of 10,50% vol) has a straw yellow aspect that can be brightened up by greenish reflections; the aroma is fine and characteristic and is associated with a dry and harmonious taste. The Rosé (11% vol) has a delicate light pink colour, which tends to cherry; equally delicate and characteristic is the smell, combined with a dry, savoury and harmonious taste. The Rosso (12% vol) and the Rosso Superiore (13,50% vol), on the other hand, are ruby in colour, with an intense and characteristic aroma and a dry, full and harmonious flavour. 

Grape production area

The production area is located in the lower valley of the Savuto river, in a territory that covers thirteen different municipalities. 

Specificity and historical notes

Savuto wine was already known and appreciated in Roman times, praised by both Pliny and Strabo. Over the centuries there has been a sharp reduction in dedicated vineyards, with a consequent contraction in production, which has stabilized only since the Fifteenth century.