Vin Santo del Chianti Classico - Isole e Olena [Half bottle 375 ml]

€77,37

Vin Santo del Chianti Classico - Isole e Olena [Half bottle 375 ml]

Name: Vin Santo del Chianti Classico - Isole e Olena [Half bottle 375 ml]
Brand: Isole e Olena
Price: 77.37 EUR
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Vin Santo del Chianti Classico DOC·Trebbiano Toscano, Malvasia Bianca(37 cl)

€77,37

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Food pairing

Aged cheese Desserts

Serve with cantucci almond biscuits, blue cheese, dried fruit, tarte Tatin or on its own after dinner.

How to serve it

Temperature12-14 °C

The wine

Denomination: Vin Santo del Chianti Classico DOC
Region: Toscana
Country: Italy
Bottle size: 0.375 L
Allergens: Contains sulfites

Tasting notes

Deep amber with a bronze rim. The nose is rich and layered: dried apricot, fig, candied orange peel, walnut, caramel and a touch of furniture polish. The palate is thick and sweet without being cloying, its honeyed concentration lifted by a surprising line of acidity. The finish is extremely long, leaving toffee, dried fruit and roasted nuts.

About this wine

Vin Santo is the old dessert wine of Tuscany, and Isole e Olena's version is among the most admired. Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes are picked healthy, then hung to dry in the lofts of the estate above Barberino Val d'Elsa until the winter, when they are pressed to a tiny volume of concentrated must.

Fermentation is slow and spontaneous in small chestnut and oak caratelli, which are sealed and left in a warm attic for several years through the seasonal swings of heat and cold. Nothing is topped up, so the wine concentrates and oxidises gently as it ages.

A labour-intensive, long-lived sweet wine made in very small quantities.