
Winery VolpaiaVin Santo del Chianti Classico
This wine generally goes well with pork, beef or lamb.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Vin Santo del Chianti Classico of Winery Volpaia in the region of Tuscany often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Vin Santo del Chianti Classico
Pairings that work perfectly with Vin Santo del Chianti Classico
Original food and wine pairings with Vin Santo del Chianti Classico
The Vin Santo del Chianti Classico of Winery Volpaia matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, mouse of lamb with thyme or very simple spaghetti carbonara.
Details and technical informations about Winery Volpaia's Vin Santo del Chianti Classico.
Discover the grape variety: Impératriz
A table grape with long bunches and golden berries with thin skin and juicy flesh, delivering a pleasant sweet flavour. Early-ripening. Very rarely vinified. Now rare, surviving in a few amateur gardens and ampelographic collections. A witness to French table-grape heritage, it is among the ancient varieties preserved for their patrimonial interest. A French white table grape, once cultivated for fresh consumption.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vin Santo del Chianti Classico from Winery Volpaia are 2008, 2009, 2010, 0 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Volpaia
The Winery Volpaia is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Vin Santo del Chianti Classico to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vin Santo del Chianti Classico
Historic Tuscan DOC of the Chianti Classico (passito technique, grapes dried in loft for several months): signature Malvasia Bianca and Trebbiano Toscano as white kings (>=60%) — amber golden robe, rich intense nose of honey, roasted almond, vanilla, dried fruits (walnut, hazelnut), enveloping harmonious palate, sugar balanced by vibrant acidity, long finish. Slow fermentation in caratelli (small barrels), 3 years ageing including 24 months in caratelli.
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: Late harvest
A name historically used in Alsace, late harvest refers to grapes harvested during over-ripening for the production of sweet and syrupy wines.









