Azienda Agricola San Salvatore 1988 is associated with Peppino Pagano and is based in Giungano, in the Cilento area of Campania. The estate is covered by food and wine writer Luciano Pignataro in a report on new wine releases, with additional context from company materials and Gambero Rosso.
The winery works with Riccardo Cotarella as enologist. Its portfolio discussed in the research includes Aglianico, Fiano, Greco, Falanghina and Pinot Nero.
Vineyards and production scale
The Pignataro article reports 30 hectares of owned vineyards plus 5 hectares rented, and approximately 300,000 bottles produced. Figures differ between sources: another company profile gives approximately 110 total hectares and 23.5 vineyard hectares. Readers should treat vineyard area and bottle totals as source- and date-specific rather than fixed.
Two vineyard sites are named in the research. They include Cannito, at the foot of Mount Calpazio, and Stio Cilento at roughly 500 metres above sea level.
Pagano also describes a new vineyard project with planned plantings of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Biancolella and additional Falanghina. The sources present this as a future project, and completion is not independently confirmed.
Farming approach
The company states that it is EU-certified organic and uses biological processes and biodynamic preparations. It also describes a photovoltaic system intended to reduce environmental impact.
San Salvatore's agricultural activity extends beyond wine to olive groves, orchards, woodland and water-buffalo breeding. Gambero Rosso places the farm between Capaccio, Stio and Giungano and describes the same mixed agricultural setting.
Wines to understand
Pian di Stio is one of the estate's most cited wines in the sources. Gambero Rosso reports that Pian di Stio 2020, made from Fiano grown in Stio and vinified in steel, received Tre Bicchieri recognition.
For readers following the estate, the practical distinction in the research is geographic: Cannito near Mount Calpazio and the higher Stio Cilento site. Production volumes, vineyard areas and award status may vary by vintage or by the date of the source.
Quattro Cuori solidarity project
The Quattro Cuori project uses Aglianico from Fuscillo di Paestum and was designed to support PAIRI, an autism research institute. Gambero Rosso reports that the project received a solidarity award in its Vini d'Italia 2022 coverage.
What remains uncertain
The sources do not establish a single current list of all San Salvatore hospitality venues, visitor policies or tasting prices. Anyone planning a visit to Azienda Agricola San Salvatore 1988, Giungano, Campania, Italy should check current visitor information directly before travelling.
