Discover the top 100 best wines of Vin Santo of Vin Santo as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Vin Santo and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Tuscan sweet liqueur wine made since the Middle Ages: white grapes (Trebbiano Toscano, Malvasia) dried on racks then pressed in March, fermentation and ageing 3-10 years in small caratelli casks. Golden to amber robe, intense notes of honey, dried apricot, fig, Corinth raisin, walnut and caramelised touch, rich palate balanced by signature acidity. DOC Vin Santo del Chianti and variants. Meditation wine, dessert, biscotti.
Fresh, thirst-quenching dry whites with a pale robe, a supple palate and preserved acidity of simple citrus (lemon), green apple, white flowers and neutral notes. A light profile to drink young. A family with several varieties (Toscano, Romagnolo, d'Abruzzo, Giallo), pillar of everyday Italian whites (Orvieto DOC, Frascati DOC, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC). Exported to France as ugni blanc for Cognac and Armagnac distillation.
wines from the region of Vin Santo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of meat and goat pie, lamb tagine with olives and honey or spanish paella.
On the nose in the region of Vin Santo often reveals types of flavors of dried fruit, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, tree fruit or microbio. In the mouth in the region of Vin Santo is a powerful with a nice freshness.
