Winery VicchiomaggioSan Jacopo Il Santo
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, beef or lamb.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with San Jacopo Il Santo
Pairings that work perfectly with San Jacopo Il Santo
Original food and wine pairings with San Jacopo Il Santo
The San Jacopo Il Santo of Winery Vicchiomaggio matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of bernard's potée, moroccan lamb shoulder or alsatian sauerkraut.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vicchiomaggio's San Jacopo Il Santo.
Discover the grape variety: Malvasia Bianca Lunga
Structured, rich dry whites with a pale golden colour, a full palate and moderate acidity, showing signature aromas of yellow fruits (pear, apricot), white flowers, almond and discreet muscat notes. Also a pillar of Tuscan Vin Santo passito, producing honeyed, dried-fruit sweet wines. A traditional component of Chianti (before 2006) and many Tuscan whites. White Malvasia variety grown in Tuscany and Umbria.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of San Jacopo Il Santo from Winery Vicchiomaggio are 2015, 2013, 0, 2011
Informations about the Winery Vicchiomaggio
The Winery Vicchiomaggio is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 46 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: Length
Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.
