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.
Nantropò Ansonica Passito IGT, Tasting notes:
Scents of ntense fruity, dried apricot and orange zest in evidence, notes of tropical fruits and flowers to complete the bouquet. On the palete has a dense and structured, decidedly pleasant and drinkable, by great wealth and complexity, balanced and very persistent.
Nantropò Ansonica Passito IGT
From the ansonica grapes of Capel Rosso, bathed in sunlight and squeezed between granite and the sea, comes the Nantropò Passito. These are extreme conditions that only “expert” vines over 80 years old can withstand and produce, even though with minimal quantities, an exceptional wine. The producer, the Fontuccia company, is one of the very few winegrowers on the island of Giglio. Heroic viticulture because their vineyards are small terraces on granite rocks overlooking the sea. The harvest is done by hand, as it was 80 years ago because even the use of tractors is impossible.
Fontuccia
Fontuccia dedicated everything to the island life and their passion is infinite, which viticulture today calls “heroic”. An archaic knowledge that they have chosen to protect, enhancing specificities and the beauty of their territory with this wine. They are one of the very few winegrowers on the island of Giglio. Heroic viticulture because their vineyards are small terraces on granite rocks overlooking the sea. The harvest is done by hand, as it was 80 years ago because even the use of tractors is impossible.
Cristino Aleatico Passito IGT, Tasting notes:
Intense aromas of sour cherries, myrtle, maquis and aromatic herbs. Sweet, tasty, fragrant, long taste.
Cristino Aleatico Passito IGT
Aleatico passito from Capraia Island. The La Piana farm, recovering old abandoned land on the island, produces only 1500 bottles of this wine a year. A 100% Aleatico Passito, grown in the middle of the sea, on an unspoiled island where the gentle Mediterranean winds blow.
La Piana
The organic farm La Piana Capraia is located on the island of Capraia, within the Tuscan Archipelago National Park. The area to which it belongs, called “Il Piano S. Stefano”, is a magical and uncontaminated place where aromas, sounds, colors, and traditions blend with ancient tastes and knowledge, in which time seems to have stopped. The landscape, guarded by the agricultural presence, is designed by the discontinuity of vine rows in the Mediterranean scrub, terracing, dry stone walls, ancient cisterns, and by native ornamental species such as oleander, rosemary, ancient rose;
