Winery Conti SerristoriSantelmo Vin Santo
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, beef or lamb.
Food and wine pairings with Santelmo Vin Santo
Pairings that work perfectly with Santelmo Vin Santo
Original food and wine pairings with Santelmo Vin Santo
The Santelmo Vin Santo of Winery Conti Serristori matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of feijoada ( portuguese cassoulet ), leg of lamb with baked potatoes or baked dumplings.
Details and technical informations about Winery Conti Serristori's Santelmo Vin Santo.
Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot
Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Santelmo Vin Santo from Winery Conti Serristori are 2008, 0
Informations about the Winery Conti Serristori
The Winery Conti Serristori is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Vin Santo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vin Santo
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.
The wine region of Tuscany
Kingdom of Sangiovese: upright reds with cherry, plum, dried herbs and leather, lively acidity and firm tannins. Fleshy, food-friendly Chianti Classico DOCG, deep long-ageing Brunello di Montalcino (spice, tobacco, ripe black fruit), elegant Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. On the coast, Bolgheri crafts the opulent Cabernet- and Merlot-based 'Super Tuscans'. Some fresh white Vernaccia.
The word of the wine: Sulphating
Treatment, formerly practiced with copper sulfate, applied to the vine to prevent cryptogamic diseases.
