Vin Santo & Passito wines
Vin Santo & Passito: The Sweet Golden Soul of Tuscany
Step into the world of Tuscan hospitality with our selection of Vin Santo and Passito wines. In every Tuscan home, a meal is never truly finished without a glass of "liquid gold." While Vin Santo is the undisputed king of this category, the tradition of dessert wines is a vibrant tapestry that stretches across the entire region, from the sun-drenched coast to the misty inland hills.
Vin Santo: The "Holy Wine" of Tradition
The most famous of our dessert wines, Vin Santo, is a masterpiece of patience and artisanal skill.
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The Ritual of Drying: Made from selected Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes, the bunches are hung to dry on traditional racks for months, concentrating the sugars and flavors.
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The "Caratelli" Aging: The wine matures for years in small wooden barrels called caratelli, hidden in the attics of Tuscan farmhouses. This process creates a complex bouquet of dried apricots, honey, and toasted hazelnuts.
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The Perfect Finish: Traditionally served with crunchy Cantucci, it is the ultimate symbol of Tuscan welcome.
A Journey of Passito: From the Maremma to the Islands
Beyond Vin Santo, Tuscany offers a diverse array of Passito wines, each reflecting the unique terroir of its origin.
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The Coastal Influence: From the Maremma and the islands of the archipelago, you will find Passitos with a distinct Mediterranean character, often featuring notes of candied citrus and a surprising mineral finish from the sea breeze.
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The Inland Hills: In the Chianti and Val d'Orcia, the dessert wines are often richer and more structured, with deep colors and intense aromas of figs and spice.
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Rare Gems: Discover niche productions like Aleatico dell'Elba, a naturally sweet red wine with an unmistakable floral perfume, or the rare Vin Santo del Chianti Classico "Occhio di Pernice," made from Sangiovese grapes.
The Art of Slow Sipping
These are not just dessert wines, they are "vini da meditazione" (meditation wines), meant to be savored slowly.
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Complex Aromas: Every sip reveals layers of flavor, from caramel and vanilla to dried fruit and wild herbs.
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Exceptional Longevity: Thanks to their high sugar content and meticulous aging, these wines can evolve in the bottle for decades, becoming more precious with every passing year.
Gourmet Pairing Suggestions
While they are magnificent on their own, our sweet wines elevate any culinary experience:
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Desserts: Pair with traditional almond biscuits, fruit tarts, or chestnut-based sweets like Castagnaccio.
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Savory Contrast: For a truly gourmet experience, serve a structured Vin Santo with aged Pecorino Toscano or blue cheeses like Gorgonzola.
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Liver Pâté: A classic and sophisticated pairing that balances the richness of the pâté with the wine’s natural sweetness and acidity.
Experience the authentic sweetness of our land. Shop our collection of Vin Santo and Passito wines and bring a piece of Tuscan history to your next celebration!
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Vin Santo di San Gimignano DOC Guicciardini Strozzi, Tasting notes:
Sweet taste, perfect with dry pastry and cantucci
Vin Santo di San Gimignano DOC Guicciardini Strozzi
Respecting the ancient Tuscan tradition, this wine is made from a selected selection of grapes, carefully dried on trellises. After vinification, the Vin Santo matures for more than 4 years in slightly drained kegs placed in the attics of Cusona.
Guicciardini Strozzi
The Guicciardini Strozzi family boasts over a thousand years of history. Wine producers since time immemorial (since 994), have several estates scattered throughout Tuscany with deep roots in the territory and prominent personalities among their ancestors. One of the most illustrious is Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, better known as La Gioconda or more simply Mona Lisa, immortalized in the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci; the current members of the family represent the fifteenth generation of descent.
Alì Alè Fattoria Mantellassi:
Passito wine with intense red fruit aromas that give its sweet taste some very special and intriguing nuances
After raisining for 70 days in crates kept in ventilated places sheltered from the sun, vinification is carried out using a completely manual method from the removal of the stalks to the pressing, and then the wine is refined in oak barrels for a few months.
Label:
MANTELLASSI
ALI ALÉ
TUSCANY
TYPICAL GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION
PASSITO
37.5cl
Bottled at source and produced entirely by Fattoria Mantellassi
Magliano in Toscana - Italy
PRODUCED IN ITALY
13% vol
CONTAINS SULPHITES
Fattoria Mantellassi
“Labor Omnia Vincit”, as never before, this motto reconfirms its validity in the tenacity and the attachment of the Mantellassi Farm, in Magliano in Toscana. Mantellassi have always been winemakers, in 1960 began the planting of the first four hectares of vineyards in Banditaccia, up to the current one hundred. These extend on some of the many hills of the Fattoria, in terrains of tufaceous-calcareous nature with an ampelographic base consisting mainly of the Sangiovese grape, then of the Alicante, Cabernet Sauvignon, Morellino, Merlot, Canaiolo Nero, Black Malvasia, Ciliegiolo, Vermentino Bianco vines. , White Sauvignon. The Mantellassi Farm has contributed significantly to the establishment of the Morellino di Scansano Denomination of Controlled Origin in 1978 and is considered one of the most prestigious manufacturing companies.
Vin Santo del Chianti Classico DOCCastellare di Castellina, Tasting notes:
Vibrant amber colour. The nose is bursting with dried fruit, honey, caramel and candied fruit. On the palate it is broad and enveloping, leaving a sensation of chestnut flour and a long, pleasant finish.
Neither too dry nor too sweet. Produced in strict accordance with tradition, but with Malvasia Bianca and a small amount of Trebbiano grapes dried out in an aired area and not on “cannicci” (special wicker surfaces). And then in half-barriques with 20 to 30 year old deposits (“madri”). There’s never enough.
Label:
CASTELLARE DI CASTELLINA
VINSANTO DEL CHIANTI CLASSICO
Controlled designation of origin
Produced and bottled by Castellare di Castellina (Nettuno srl) Castellina in Chianti (SI) - ITALY
PRODUCED IN ITALY
375 ml
16% vol
Contains sulphites
Castellare di Castellina
The producer, the very famous and renowned company Castellare di Castellina is in fact one of the most historic, working to defend these centuries-old traditions. Castellare di Castellina was born from the union of four farms. Those were the 70’s when the so-called Renaissance of the Italian wine had begun. A Renaissance to which Castellare was able to give its own contribution, keeping together tradition and innovation.
Vin Santo Di Carmignano DOC Riserva Capezzana, Tasting notes:
It shows an intense golden yellow color. the scent is very complex, fruity, with hints of dried and candied fruit, apricot and orange peel; floral notes are also present. The palate is complex, sweet, smooth and with a fruity and persistent aftertaste.
Vin Santo Di Carmignano DOC Riserva Capezzana
It was this wine to coin the famous saying “meditation wine” but it is a perfect match for cantucci and all Tuscan sweets, blue cheese and even liver pâté
Capezzana
At Capezzana they know it well, they have been making wine since 802, not 1802. If you’re looking for the magic formula which makes their wines so special, you’ll find it in the great diversity of each vineyard’s soil and orientation that create extreme and fantastic biodiversity.
Vin santo di Montepulciano Cantine Dei, Tasting notes:
Golden yellow in colour with amber highlights, it has a wide range of aromas with hints of candied fruit, almond paste, acacia honey and apricot. In the mouth it is pleasantly sweet but balanced by an excellent freshness.
Cantine Dei
Cantine Dei is known as one of the best wine producers of Montepulciano. Every year their wines are awarded and recognized by critics as excellent.
At the Dei estate, arts merges with wine. Their cellar is the perfect example of how architecture and winemaking are working together for a stunning result.
Their wine are all based on the local Sangiovese production and their Nobile wine are among the best of the region.
Vin Santo from Montepulciano
Following the Chianti tradition, also in Montepulciano the sweet passito wine is called "Vin Santo".
Vin santo wine from Montepulciano is perfect to end your meal, dipping Cantucci in it. Or as a meditation wine.
Vin Santo del Chianti Classico DOC Castello di Monsanto, Tasting notes:
The wine is amber in color, with notes of dried fruit, melted butter, toasted almonds and candied fruit on the nose. The palate is sensual, elegant, balanced and robust, with a very persistent finish.
Vin Santo del Chianti Classico DOC
Castello di Monsanto's Vinsanto is produced according to the strictest tradition: that is, leaving the must for the caratelli exposed both in summer and winter to the weather of the vinsantaia. No technological support, just endless passion for a great Chianti tradition.
Castello di Monsanto
There are two places at Castello di Monsanto that capture every visitor for the charm and the magic that is perceived: the Poggio’s hill and the historic cellar. Being able to transmit at least a tenth of the emotions you experience visiting the Monsanto winery is very difficult. The aromas, the echoes, the silences, the layers of noble molds make it a unique place that deserves at least one visit. The company has its origin from here. So from a climb on the Poggio and from a descent into the cellar, the idea of making a Cru in Chianti Classico was born for the first time. It was 1962 when the first 6,000 bottles of the Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggio were produced. Of the 72 hectares planted with vineyards, between 260 and 310 meters s.l.m., 56 ha are in Sangiovese, the vine in which the company has deeply believed from the beginning. The Sangiovese clones present in the vineyards come from a mass selection of vines found in the vineyard Il Poggio, “the mother” of all the vineyards of Monsanto. In a small percentage are then present the two historical vines of the Chianti Classico vine: Canaiolo and Colorino.
