White · Südtirol - Alto Adige · Italy
Colterenzio (Schreckbichl) Lafóa Sauvignon
Scored from 1,782 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: White · Italy (3,194 wines).
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Is Lafóa Sauvignon a good wine?
Tasting profile
A pungent, expressive Sauvignon Blanc with classic cat pee and white floral aromatics layered over green apple, apricot, lime, passion fruit, and a faint touch of honey. Fresh, smooth, and minerally on the palate, it pairs well with seafood and rich cheeses.
Synthesized from 1,782Vivino reviewers' tasting notes for this bottle.
What reviewers say
“Nose: cat pee, white flowers, isopropyl spirit. Taste: green apple, appricot, lime, little touch of honey, white acacia flower, distinct passion fruit.”
From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.
Summary
Clean, concentrated floral nose reminiscent of elder and acacia flower with hint of sage; fresh and distinctive on palate with nicely rounded fruit, light oak spice and a crisp finish.
Colterenzio (Schreckbichl) Lafóa Sauvignon is an Italian white from Südtirol - Alto Adige. The grape is Sauvignon Blanc. The cheapest 750 ml listing found for it is $32.40, which puts the bottle in the $30–60 band.
The calibrated figure is built from 1,782 of its Vivino reviewers. A broader pool of 1,824 reviewers with two or more ratings feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against 3,193 other whites from Italy, not against the corpus as a whole.
- Cohort
- White · Italy · 3,194 wines
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Cohort: White · Italy
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