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Wine: White wine
Kind: Sweet wine
Taste: Semi sweet to sweet
Volume: Strong
Min. alcohol: 16%
Mandatory Storage: Min. 3 years
Storage potential: Above 10 years
This dessert wine uses the grapes, Trebbiano Toscano and/or Malvasia Bianca (70-100%), together with other, local green grapes.
The grapes are gently plucked and dried naturally, after which they are carefully pressed between December 1 of the harvest year and March 31 of the year following the harvest.
The color ranges from a golden straw yellow to an intense amber color. The aroma is ethereal, intense and characteristic, while the taste is harmonious and smooth. In the sweet Amabile version, the taste is more rounded.
Sant’Antimo Vin Santo is available as Amabile (sweet) with 3% residual sugar, and Secco (dry) with 2% residual sugar.
Both types must be aged for 3 years in small oak barrels (caratelli).
There is also a Sant’Antimo Vin Santo Riserva DOC, where the aging requirement is 4 years in the aforementioned barrels.
Both types are excellent dessert wines, or just for pleasure after the meal.
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Did you know?
Italy extends over 10 latitudes – from continental climate to subtropical climate?
Umbria is called ”cuore verde d'Italia” (The green hearts of Italy). The beautiful, green hills that characterize the region’s landscape are on par with Tuscany’s beauty. The same is true of the talent for wine production.
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