Vin Santo del Chianti

Show in places

Producers and Wine Reviews about the "Vin Santo del Chianti DOC"

DOC area for dessert wines Vin Santo in the Italian region of Tuscany. The zone includes sub-areas in the six provinces of Arezzo, Firenze, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena. It is identical to the DOCG Chianti area. There are the seven subzones Colli Aretini, Colli Fiorentini, Colli Senesi, Colline Pisane, Montalbano, Montespertoli and Rufina, which may be mentioned on the bottle label. The straw-yellow to amber Vin Santo del Chianti is made from Trebbiano Toscano and/or Malvasia del Chianti = Malvasia Bianca Lunga (zum. 70%) and other authorised white and red varieties (max. 30%). The salmon-red Vin Santo del Chianti Occhio di Pernice is produced from Sangiovese (zum. 50%) and other authorised varieties (max. 50%). The wines are aged in different flavours. For both wines there are also longer matured Riserva. Another Vin Santo from the Chianti Classico area is Vin Santo del Chianti Classico.

Voices of our members

The glossary is a monumental achievement and one of the most important contributions to wine knowledge. Of all the encyclopaedias I use on the subject of wine, it is by far the most important. That was the case ten years ago and it hasn't changed since.
Andreas Essl
Autor, Modena

Welcome back!

Vin Santo del Chianti

Voices of our members

The world's largest Lexicon of wine terms.

EVENTS NEAR YOU