APPELLATION: Vinsanto del Chianti D.O.C.

AREA OF PRODUCTION: Montepulciano –Tuscany

GRAPE VARIETY AND BLENDING: Malvasia – Trebbiano – Grechetto

SOURCING AREA: Fontelellera by Montepulciano

SOIL COMPOSITION: Silty Clay Loam

VINEYARD AVERAGE ELEVATION: 450 m a.s.l.

EXPOSURE: South-east

CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE: Spurred Cordon

VINE STOCK DENSITY PER HECTARE: 2,770

YIELD PER HECTARE: 3 tons

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 17%v/v

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18° C

FOOD & WINE PAIRING: Ideal with dessert, biscotti, cakes and cookies, aged and spicy cheese. Excellent vino da meditazione, a wine to be sipped slowly while enjoying complexity.

Color: golden yellow shading into amber.
Bouquet: complex and intense with notes of dried fruit, honey and spices.
Tasting notes: sweet, warming and persistent.

This traditional wine, called ‘holy wine’, is grown with the utmost care and its cultivation – according to our methods – occurs without using any chemicals or fungicides, as a mark of respect for nature and its delicate equilibrium. Our grapes are selected starting from their inflorescence and then harvested by hand at the optimum time, i.e. when the thickness of their skin enables grapes to be dried and the phenolic aspect shows promise for great aromas and flavours. After harvesting, the grapes are left to dry naturally for 4 months. Once the dried grapes have been pressed, their must is then kept in Tuscan oak caratelli, i.e. small oak barrels, where it is required to age for at least 5 years in the so-called ‘holy wine cellar’, followed by a further long period of ageing in bottle enabling the wine to achieve an optimum balance. Both natural cycle of the plant and vinification of grapes take place in compliance with our methods maintaining high standards of quality.