Vin Santo
di Carmignano DOC
BLEND: Trebbiano toscano, Malvasia bianca lunga toscana, San Colombano
AREA OF PRODUCTION: Carmignano (PO)
AVERAGE ALTITUDE: 215 m a.s.l
SOIL: Silt and sand with a good percentage of clay
GRAPES GROWING SYSTEM: Guyot
PRODUCTIVITY PER HECTARE: 7 tons/Ha
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 15,5% vol
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 14°C - 16°C
TECHNICAL DATA SHEET:
Grapes are harvested by hand and they are dried in a vinsantaia on cane trellis for approx 4 months. Once the grape is dried, it is pressed and its must is strored in a 50hl caratello (small wood barrel)for 3 to 5 years.
ORGANOLEPTIC DATA SHEET
Intense golden yellow. It has ethereal-alcoholic dried fruit, honey and apricot aroma. Full bodied in taste, its fair volatile acidity makes the sweetness and the freshness combine perfectly. Excellente persistence, complex and harmonious aftertaste.
PAIRING SUGGESTIONS:
To be combined with the traditional cantuccini (cookies with almonds), we recommended to try it with herbed cheese and hard cheese. Vinsanto is a meditation wine.