Vin Santo del Chianti DOC
Vin Santo del Chianti DOC Occhio di Pernice
Vin Santo del Chianti DOC Riserva
The history of Vin Santo begins in the “Vinsantaia”, the attic of the Marini family, where selected Trebbiano Toscano and Malvasia del Chianti grapes, picked by hand, are left drying on straw mats for four months, from September to December.
Only when they reach the right level of dryness, we softly press them and put their juice into the “caratelli”, small, chestnut and durmast barrels. Our “Vinsantaia” is the perfect room, because during the day it is hot while during the night it is cooler: we leave the windows open, so the long and spontaneous fermentation process is constantly starting and stopping following the weather. During the four years of fermentation, an indigenous yeast that has been passed on for generations, known as “madre” gives the wine its uniqueness. The wines ages on lees all the time and draws this nice, slow oxidation flavor, because the oxygen is able to penetrate so quickly. We assemble the wine of all the barrels and bottle it, where it will age one further year.
Let the sweet aromas of walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnut, raisin, fig, dried fruit overwhelm your senses in your moments of relaxing pleasure.
Great by itself as a meditation wine with its elegant almond aftertaste, biscuit and walnut, our Vin Santo del Chianti DOC goes perfectly with matured cheeses and marmalades.
Try it with our “Cantuccini”, typical Tuscan biscuits made with our Vin Santo, our extra-virgin olive oil, and almonds.
Our Vin Santo del Chianti has been awarded 96 points by 5StarWines – the Book, Veronafiere’s Grand Selection of international wines.
Vin Santo del Chianti Occhio di Pernice Riserva
As our Vin Santo del Chianti DOC, the Vin Santo del Chianti “Occhio di Pernice” DOC is a jewel born in our Vinsantaia, where selected, hand-harvested Sangiovese grapes are left drying on straw mats for four months, from September to December.
Only when they reach the right level of dryness, we softly press them and put their juice into the “caratelli”, small, chestnut and durmast barrels, where the must ferments for four years. During the four years of fermentation, the “madre”, an indigenous yeast that has been passed on for generations, gives the wine its uniqueness. We assemble the wine of all the barrels and bottle it, where it will age one further year.
Let the intense and mysterious bouquet with aromas of chestnut honey, coffee, dried plums, malaga, and propolis entice you. Every sip will surprise you with sweet and spicy notes, dried apricots, toasted hazelnut, tobacco.
Great by itself as a meditation wine in your moments of relaxing pleasure, perhaps listening to good music, our Vin Santo del Chianti Occhio di Pernice DOC goes perfectly with blue cheeses, matured parmesan, and dark chocolate.
Our Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice has been awarded 90 points by 5StarWines – the Book, Veronafiere’s Grand Selection of international wines.
