Vin Santo & Passito wines
Passito wines from Tuscany. Vin santo is of course the most famous, but the tradition of dessert wines is present throughout the region.
From the Maremma, the islands of the archipelago to the hills of Chianti and Val d'Orcia, each area has its own typical passito wine.
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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;
Occhio di Pernice Vin Santo di Montepulciano DOC, Tasting notes:
It reveals a complex and enveloping bouquet with aromas of prunes and dates, propolis, gingerbread, malaga and tobacco. In the mouth it is sweet and spicy and the olfactory notes return, expanding with those of dried apricots and smoked hazelnut with small nuances of Christmas spices. A wine that surprises with every sip for its concentration and depth. Retro-olfactory persistence is incredibly long. A true Fuori Serie.
Avignonesi, winery in Val di Chiana
The producer, Avignonesi extend in the Montepulciano and Cortona areas (in the Val di Chiana in the province of Arezzo) ensuring a diversified spectrum of soils that allows the production of a Vino Nobile di Montepulciano that authentically expresses the complexity of the terroir, while the Val di Chiana is suitable for the cultivation of other grape varieties such as Merlot, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Occhio di Pernice a 100% sangiovese wine
This amazing Vin santo is the result of an exceptionally long aging process during which more than half of this precious liquid evaporates. It has been calculated that with the same quantity of grapes used to produce one of their 375 ml bottles, twenty-four 750 ml bottles of wine can be produced. Made from 100% Sangiovese grapes, this is the result of a strict selection of the best grapes, drying for many months on bamboo mats in the appassitoio and then 10 years in oak barrels, in contact with the mother, indigenous yeast more than 100 years old. The wine is perfect as a Meditation wine, but also with dry pastry as Cantucci Toscani or Chocolate.
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.
