Fruit
Dried fruit; nuts; honeyed oxidative notes
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Dessert
Vin Santo di Montepulciano
Contucci · Toscana · Vin Santo di Montepulciano
Traditional Vin Santo di Montepulciano from dried grapes, matured for many years in small wooden caratelli.
Style
Dessert
Body
Full
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Traditional Vin Santo di Montepulciano from dried grapes, matured for many years in small wooden caratelli.
Tasting profile
Body
Full
Description
Vinification
Selected grapes are dried for approximately three months before vinification.
Aging
6–8 jaar in houten caratelli van 70 liter.
Vinification & production
- Harvest method
- hand
- Aging vessel
- wooden caratelli, 70 L
- Aging period
- 84 months
Product information
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Toscana
- Appellation
- Vin Santo di Montepulciano
- Style
- DOC
- Winery
- Contucci
- Grape composition
- 40% Grechetto, 40% Malvasia del Chianti, 20% Trebbiano Toscano
- Bottle size
- 750 ml
- Closure
- cork
Label information
Winery
Contucci
Historisch familiebedrijf in het hart van Montepulciano en een van de namen die nauw verbonden zijn met de ontwikkeling van Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Contucci beheert 21 hectare wijngaard binnen een landgoed van 170 hectare en produceert circa 100.000 flessen per jaar.
Winery
Region at a glance
Tuscany
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- Food pairing
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