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Gold-yellow Lazio IGT white from Castel de Paolis in Grottaferrata: 80% Malvasia with 20% Viognier off volcanic tufa at 250 m, steel-fermented, floral and round. The Roman table's local pour, from 15.50 GBP in the UK.
Castel de Paolis ferments this 80/20 Malvasia and Viognier blend in steel at 18C and never oaks it; the producer's sheet promises intense fruit and flowers with great roundness, and the notes below stay anchored to that sheet.
Castel de Paolis describes Campo Vecchio Bianco as intensely fruity and floral: orange blossom and acacia from the 80% Malvasia del Lazio and Malvasia di Candia, apricot and white peach from the 20% Viognier. Grown on potassium-rich volcanic tufa at 250 m in Grottaferrata, the gold-yellow glass keeps a cool mineral edge under the fruit.
Citrusy fruit
Acacia
Orange blossom
Apricot
Pear
Pineapple
White peach
Wet stonesFermented in steel at 18C for eight to ten days and refined only in steel, so the palate is smooth and round rather than sharp: white-flesh pear and peach over calibrated alcohol (13% in 2020, 13.5% in 2024) and the 'great roundness' the producer's sheet promises. The 2024 retailer datasheet adds hand-picking with dry ice on the crates to keep that fruit intact.
Good persistence by the estate's own description, closing on soft stone fruit and a wet-stone volcanic trace; oak never touches this wine.
The entry white of the Santarelli family's Grottaferrata estate, made without interruption since the 1994 first harvest: Lavinium called the 2020 'a basic wine of excellence' and Luca Maroni scored the 2024 at 94. Drink it young, at 12C, with the fish first courses the producer itself recommends.
Two vintages are live with UK retailers: the current 2024 at 15.50 GBP, scored 94 by Luca Maroni, and the 2020 at 19.01 GBP, now past the edge of its drink-young window. For a steel-fresh white, the younger bottle is the better buy.
Scored on the producer's documented profile: a soft, steel-only Malvasia blend that earns its marks at the everyday Roman table and loses them in the cellar.
Soft, fruity, unoaked and free of austerity: the 'great roundness' on the producer's sheet makes an easy first Italian white that still teaches indigenous Malvasia del Lazio character.
The current 2024 costs 15.50 GBP, serves at 12C with no decanting, and matches the producer's everyday fish-to-vegetables table: the inverse of its 25 cellar score, with no price penalty under 20 GBP.
Castel de Paolis' own sheet spans fish first courses, white meats and vegetables; an unoaked, floral 80/20 Malvasia and Viognier blend flexes across the Roman table, stopping only at big red-meat territory.
Derived editorially (no category price aggregate): 15.50 GBP buys the current 2024 with a Luca Maroni 94 and estate-grown Castelli Romani fruit, fair against 10 to 14 GBP commodity Lazio IGT whites; the 19.01 GBP 2020 is weaker value at its window's edge.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Lazio denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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This is a drink-young steel white: the retailer sheet for the 2024 says drink within three years. The 2020 carried 13% alcohol on the producer's sheet, the 2024 is 13.5%; neither sees oak.
Luca Maroni scored the 2024 at 94 points. Hand-picked with dry ice on the crates and fermented cold in steel per the retailer datasheet, at 13.5% abv it is the vintage to buy now, at its floral best through 2027.
Lavinium's Maurizio Taglioni singled out this 2020 as 'a basic wine of excellence' on release. Steel-only and bottled at 13% abv per the producer's sheet, it now sits past the far edge of its drink-young window: expect deeper gold and honeyed Malvasia rather than primary blossom, and drink up.
Luca Maroni scored the 2024 at 94 points. Hand-picked with dry ice on the crates and fermented cold in steel per the retailer datasheet, at 13.5% abv it is the vintage to buy now, at its floral best through 2027.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
The Santarelli family founded Castel de Paolis in 1985 with vine scientist Attilio Scienza; its vineyards sit on potassium-rich volcanic tufa at 250 m. Lazio IGT lets the estate blend indigenous Malvasia del Lazio with Viognier, outside Frascati DOC rules.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Lazio is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Lazio falls within Lazio , covering Frosinone · Latina · Rieti · Roma · Viterbo.
Castel de Paolis farms 30-year-old cordon-trained vines at 5,500 to 6,000 plants per hectare in Grottaferrata and hand-picks with dry ice on the crates: artisan Castelli Romani farming that bulk Lazio whites skip.
HMRC duty on still wine at 13.5% abv is 2.67 GBP, and VAT adds about 2.58 GBP of the 15.50 GBP Svinando price: roughly a third of what you pay never touches the wine.
The Santarelli family built the estate with vine scientist Attilio Scienza and ages its reds in the cellar's ancient Cisterna Romana; small-estate overheads sit in every bottle, unlike co-op Lazio whites.
Fermented at 18C in steel and refined only in steel before bottling, per both the producer and retailer sheets: zero barrel spend keeps this under 20 GBP while the estate's barrique-aged reds cost more.
The producer's sheet states 100 ql/ha for this wine, against 40 ql/ha for its sweet Muffa Nobile: higher yields spread vineyard cost across many more bottles.
No DOCG tasting commission or ageing mandate applies to this Lazio IGT, so compliance cost is minimal next to the estate's own Frascati Superiore DOCG.
Dishes that complement this wine
The producer's own pairing line is fish first courses, white meat and vegetables. Softness is the tool here: this is a rounding wine for salty Roman classics, not a high-acid scalpel.
Castel de Paolis' own sheet puts fish first courses at the top of the list. The 20% Viognier brings apricot flesh that bridges sweet shellfish and crustaceans, while Malvasia del Lazio's orange-blossom lift echoes the herbs in the pan.
Try with: Fregula ai frutti di mare · Baccala Mantecato · Brodetto alla giuliese · More pairings →
A Castelli Romani white is the traditional local pour with Rome's guanciale-and-pecorino pastas. The wine's golden, 13.5% roundness stands up to egg-and-cheese richness without tannin getting in the way, exactly the 'great roundness' the producer claims.
Try with: Pasta alla carbonara · Pasta Cacio e Pepe · More pairings →
Italian retailer sheets for this label point to fresh cheeses and light appetisers. Soft gold-yellow fruit from steel-only vinification rounds off mozzarella's lactic tang and the salt of cured-meat antipasti boards.
Try with: Insalata Caprese · Gnocco fritto · Peperoni Cruschi · More pairings →
White meat is on the producer's own pairing line, and porchetta is the Castelli Romani's signature roast. Steel-kept freshness from the 18C fermentation trims herb-laced pork fat while the wine's body carries the crackling.
Try with: Porchetta · Roast chicken
Vegetables close the producer's pairing list. Unoaked and picked for balance on 250 m volcanic slopes, the wine's gentle freshness sits level with braised greens and vegetable pastas instead of fighting their bitterness.
Try with: Cavatelli con broccoli · Orecchiette con cime di rapa · More pairings →
At 13.5% abv with a soft, low-bite profile, chilli heat amplifies the alcohol burn and buries the floral Malvasia and Viognier aromatics this bottle is built on. Reach for a lower-alcohol, off-dry white instead.
Skip with: Chicken madras · Kung pao chicken · Chicken pad thai · Pairing guide →
Steel-only and bottled for freshness, it is a drink-within-three-years wine by the retailer's own sheet. Store it upright and cool, and open the 2020 before the 2024.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Steel-only entry-level Lazio IGT with a stated drink-within-three-years window on the 2024 retailer sheet: no oak, no ageing mandate, buy to drink, not to hold.
£15.50 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighNotes published by the producer, quoted with attribution.
Confidence · HighFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · Medium80% Malvasia (Malvasia del Lazio, also called Malvasia Puntinata, with Malvasia di Candia) and 20% Viognier, per the producer's technical sheet. The vines average 30 years and grow on potassium-rich volcanic tufa at about 250 m in Grottaferrata, in the Castelli Romani south of Rome.
Gold-yellow and intensely fruity and floral on the producer's own description: orange blossom, apricot and white peach, then a smooth, round palate with white-flesh pear and good persistence. It is fermented and refined only in steel, so there is no oak flavour anywhere in the glass.
The producer's sheet recommends fish first courses, white meat and vegetables; Italian retailer sheets add fresh cheeses and light appetisers. It is a natural match for Roman classics such as carbonara, cacio e pepe and porchetta. Serve it at 12C.
The 2024, at about 15.50 GBP and scored 94 by Luca Maroni, is in its drinking window through roughly 2027. The 2020, at about 19 GBP, is now past the far edge of the drink-young window for this steel-only style: buy it only if you enjoy mature, honeyed Malvasia.
No. It is IGT Lazio, made at Grottaferrata inside the Frascati zone by an estate also known for Frascati Superiore DOCG. Its Malvasia-with-Viognier blend sits outside the Frascati rules, so it carries the regional IGT label instead; the producer bottles a separate Campo Vecchio Frascati.
Store it upright, cool and away from light, and drink within about three years of harvest per the retailer's sheet. No decanting: the producer says to uncork just before serving, at 12C in a medium-sized glass.
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