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This white dessert wine is produced from grapes of the Ansonica (100%) variety, and is an intense straw yellow. The bouquet is characteristic and intense, while the taste is sweetish.
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As is the tradition in Tuscany, each zone produces its own ”holy wine”, Vin Santo. In Valdichiana, the grapes Trebbiano Toscano and/or Malvasia Bianca (50-100%) are used, along with local green grapes (0-50%).
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It's not often you see a red Vin Santo, but in 1991, when Carmignano became an independent DOCG, they simultaneously expanded the Vin Santo list with a red of that type.
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This sweet wine is produced by half-dry grapes from the Sangiovese (50-70%) and Malvasia Nera (30-50%) varieties.
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Did you know?
That Italy in 2011 was the worlds largest wine producer?
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the smallest of the so-called “Tre Venezie”, which includes the regions Trentino, Veneto and Friuli. The names ‘Friuli’ and ‘Giulia’ refer to Julius Caesar. ‘Friuli’ derives from the Latin ‘forum julii’, modern city Cividale, and Giulia derives from Julius (Caesar).
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