- Grapes
- Vermentino, Nuragus
- Denomination
- Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
- Region
- Sardinia
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Body
- Light to medium
- Drink
- Now–2028
A Sardinian seafood white from Santadi, the Sulcis co-op advised by Giacomo Tachis: 85% Vermentino with Nuragus, steel-made and never oaked. Pear, lemon and wet stone with a salty edge. About £12 to £16 in the UK; James Suckling gave the 2024 92.
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Pear, lemon and wet stone: tasting Villa Solais
Santadi's sheet promises a crisp scent and mouth-watering freshness, and 565 Vivino reviews agree, logging pear, apple and citrus first. Expect a dry, salty-edged white built for fish.
- Tasted by
- ItalianWines editorial (drinker consensus)
- Tasted on
- 22 August 2026
- Source
- Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
- Taste profile
Pear, apple and a squeeze of lemon lead, the tree-fruit and citrus notes 565 Vivino reviewers mention most. Behind the fruit sit white flowers and a wet-stone coolness that drinkers log as minerality.
Dry and light-bodied at 12.5 to 13%, with the fresh acidity Santadi protects by fermenting cold in steel. A few months on the lees add a little flesh, but the wine stays savoury and salty rather than soft. Xtrawine's sheet even notes a faint grip, unusual in a white this pale.
It closes salty and mineral, the mouth-watering edge Santadi's sheet promises, with lemon zest hanging on.
An everyday Sardinian white for fish suppers: Vivino drinkers average 3.7 across all vintages, and Callmewine reports 92 points from James Suckling for the 2024. It is Santadi's entry white, below Cala Silente in the range. Buy it young and serve it cold.
Where the UK sells Villa Solais, and for how much
Five UK merchants list it from £11.70 to £16.28: Majestic carries the 13% 2024, while xtrawine, vino.com and Great Wines Direct have the 2025. At home in Italy it is a 9 euro bottle.
How Villa Solais scores as a buy
The scores weigh what this bottle is for: a fresh, low-fuss seafood white around £12 to £16, not a cellar piece.
A textbook, gently priced introduction to Sardinian Vermentino: dry, fresh and fruit-led, with no oak and no rough edges.
Modest alcohol, under £20 and happy beside anything from crisps to sea bass: a weeknight white by design.
Bright acidity and a salty edge make it a natural with fish, shellfish and fried food, though it is too light for red meat.
Between £12 and £16 in the UK for a wine Italy sells at about 9 euros: fair for a 92-point vintage, better value at the low end of the range.
An entry-level DOC white for relaxed tables; Santadi's own Cala Silente and Villa di Chiesa sit above it for bigger nights.
Steel-made and built for early drinking; producer and merchants agree it is at its best within about three years.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
Vermentino di Sardegna in five fields
A compact view of what the Vermentino di Sardegna denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
2024 or 2025: what changes in the glass
The 2024 carries 13% alcohol and a 92-point score from James Suckling, per Callmewine; the 2025 is a touch lighter at 12.5%. Both are steel-made and meant to be drunk young.
- Lowest price
- £11.70
- Retailers
- 4 in stock
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Window
- Drink now through 2028
The current 2025 is 12.5%, made in steel and rested briefly in tank. Callmewine files it as perfect to drink now; enjoy it while the citrus is loud, through about 2028.
- Lowest price
- not listed
- Retailers
- 0 in stock
- Window
- Drink now through 2027
Majestic's 2024 bottling is 13% under screwcap, picked by hand as always between early September and early October. James Suckling scored this vintage 92, as reported by Callmewine; drink it by about 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.
Perfect Pairings
Dishes that go with this wine
Salt, lemon and frying oil: dishes that fit Villa Solais
Santadi's sheet gives the temperature, 10 to 12C; the fish brief comes from its merchants and from Vivino's crowd, who point to shellfish and appetisers. The matches below follow the wine's acidity and its salty, stony edge.
Fried fish, from frittura to chip-shop batter
Frying coats everything in oil, and this wine's job is to rinse it away. The fresh acidity and modest 12.5 to 13% alcohol scrub the palate clean, while the salty edge Majestic's buyers describe meets the salt on the batter.
Try with: Fish and chips · Frittura di pesce · Salt and pepper prawns · Fried calamari
Shellfish that want a squeeze of lemon
The wine's citrus acidity does what the lemon wedge does, and its salty, wet-stone side echoes the brine. Vivino's crowd files shellfish as this wine's best table.
Try with: Mussels · Grilled prawns · Prawn cocktail · Clams in white wine
Pesto, basil and green herbs
White flowers and citrus in the glass pick up basil and pine nut on the plate. A dry white with no oak lets the herbs stay the loudest voice.
Try with: Trofie al pesto · Insalata Caprese · Herb-baked sea bream
Steamed and grilled white fish
Delicate fish needs a wine that will not shout over it. Villa Solais is light-bodied and stony-fresh, so sea bass or bream keep the lead and the wine answers with freshness.
Try with: Steamed sea bass · Grilled bream · Miso Black Cod
Salty starters and fresh cheeses
Salt in the food makes a fresh, fruity white taste rounder and sweeter. Olives, cured fish and young cheeses flatter it; Callmewine points to fresh cheeses in particular.
Try with: Insalata Caprese · Marinated olives · Pane carasau with young pecorino
Fierce chilli and heavy braises
Hot chilli burns off this wine's delicate florals and makes the alcohol taste hotter, while long-braised meat simply outweighs a light Sardinian white. Pour something bigger there.
Skip with: Vindaloo · Sichuan hotpot · Beef bourguignon · Brasato al Barolo · Pairing guide →
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-made and built for early drinking; producer and merchants agree it is at its best within about three years.
£11.70 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
Sources for this Villa Solais page
Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 13 Sep 2026, 00:35 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.
Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom 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 · MediumWines, places and grapes linked to Villa Solais
Common Questions
85% Vermentino and 15% Nuragus, per Santadi's technical sheet. It is a Vermentino di Sardegna DOC grown in five towns of the lower Sulcis, in Sardinia's south-west corner.
Pear, apple and lemon with white flowers and a wet-stone, salty edge. It is dry, light-bodied and fresh. Santadi ferments it cold in steel and rests the young wine in tank for a few months, so there is no oak flavour at all.
Fish, first. Santadi's sheet sets the table only as far as the 10 to 12C serving temperature; the dishes come from its sellers and drinkers. Xtrawine points to seafood starters, Callmewine to fried fish and fresh cheeses, and Vivino's crowd to shellfish. It handles fish and chips as happily as spaghetti with clams.
Drink it young. It is made in steel for freshness, and Callmewine files the current vintage as perfect to drink now. Three years from harvest is a sensible outer limit.
Between about £11.70 and £16.28 right now, across five UK merchants including Majestic (2024 vintage) and xtrawine, vino.com and Great Wines Direct (2025). In Italy it sells for around 9 euros, so the low end of the UK range is the fair price.
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