Inama
Vulcaia Sauvignon Fume
Veneto IGT
2020

The producer

Inama is a family-owned winery established in the 1950s by Giuseppe Inama. Today the estate covers around 30 hectares, the majority of which is lying in the Soave area, with an additional piece of land lying further to the east. Caring for the land and allowing the terroir to express itself, is the prime focus for the Inamas, who are constantly looking for ways to improve. Fourth generation of the Inama family, Alessio and Luca, entered the company in 2017.               

The wine

‘Vulcaia’ is a Sauvignon Blanc based white wine produced under the Veneto IGT, from vineyards within the Soave Classico area, and is the first cuvee produced by Inama in 1991. The vineyard soil is volcanic, hence the name of the cuvee, and found on the Monte Foscarino. Winemaking is entirely done in stainless steel. This is a refreshing mineral citrus and tropical fruit scented white wine with medium body and a dry juicy finish.

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria (see how we choose our wines) of which critic scores is just one. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a 92/100 average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.