Vin Santo del Chianti Classico

Producer:
Castello di Meleto
Region:
Tuscany
Grape:
Trebbiano Gentile (65%), Malvasia Bianca (35%)
Classification:
DOC
Vintage:
2009
Capacity:
0.5 l

A sweet white desert wine made from the Malvasia Bianca and Trebbiano Toscano grapes. The wine is obtained by a special technique in Italian called appasimento - drying of ripe grapes in air-conditioned rooms, where they remain for several months (but no later than 31-st March following the harvest) and concentrate natural sugars. Next they undergo the usual process of vinification and the wine obtained in this way is subjected to long-term ageing for a period of about 4 years in wooden barrels with capacity of up to 5 hl. The name Vin Santo, holy wine, refers to the tradition of wine production falling on the Holy Week before Easter.

Details

Color: amber, lustrous - brilliant.
Aroma: ripe fruit, dates, ripe apricots, nuts, honey and almonds.
Flavor: sweet, velvety.
Food matching: to delicious desserts, cakes, pastries and cheeses, a gorgonzola or Roquefort.
Serving temperature: 12°/14°C.
Alcohol content: 15%.

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