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Vin Santo Monterinaldi

Dessert Wines

Try this tuscan traditional dessert wine. Vin santo is one of the oldest wines of Italy. Buy online Italian wines at the best price. Complete data sheet ad food pairings for this excellent sweet wine from tuscany

Vin Santo Riserva DOC

Dessert wine Tuscany

Vino Rosso di Toscana IGT Sestante Agricola Monterinaldi Toscana
Vinification

After the grapes have been carefully picked and selected by hand, with special attention being paid both to their ripeness and health, the bunches are spread out on trellises in the attic.

Here the free circulation of air favours drying while protecting the grapes from fungal attacks.

When the sugar concentration reaches the right level (after about 3-5 months), the grapes are destemmed and pressed.

The must thus obtained is placed in casks ranging in size from 55 to 110 litres, which are likewise stored in the attic, where temperature fluctuations are greatest.

Grapes

Malvasia 90%, Trebbiano 10%

Ageing

For at least 5 years in oak barrels from 55 to 110 liters, then in bottle.

Alcohol

17 % vol.

Serving temperature

65/68 °F

Price

vintage 1975 31 €

vintage 1977 31 €

vintage 1998 13,5€
Other Relevant Information

Staying in the small oak Barrel called "caratello":

  • Vintage 1975 23 years
  • Vintage 1977 21 years
  • Vintage 1998 6 years
  • Vintage 1999 8 years

Ratings:

  • Wine Exchange Australia 1977: 91/100
  • Luca Maroni 1975: 80/99  1998: 83/99

Vinsanto is one of the most renowned after-dinner wines esteemed by the old Tuscans.

It is obtained by laying out the grapes on reed mats so that, by drying, the sugar concentration increases.

When the correct degree of sugar is reached, the grapes are picked, pressed and placed in casks of 55 or 100 liters, dedicated only to this production. The casks are then closed, sealed and usually situated in the attics.

The Vinsanto fermentation is therefore very slow and depends on the changing of the seasons. The Vinsanto can remain closed in the cask for many years and only when the cask is opened, is the result of much patience discovered.

It is not unusual that the entire contents of the cask are to be discarded.

The reason why Vinsanto il always produced in small quantities can be understood from the above and the longer it is kept in the casks, the more precious it will be.

The Vinsanto “Amabile” is slightly sweeter than the Riserva one.