Vin Santo

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A glass of Vin Santo and Biscotti.
A wine barrel is sealed for storage
Traditional barrel with a cross for the expansion of the Vin Santo.

Vin Santo or Vino Santo is a classic sweet or dessert wine from the Italian regions of Tuscany , Marche , Umbria , Emilia-Romagna , Veneto and Trentino . The wine specialty is made according to the traditional method from air-dried, partially rosinated grapes of the white grape varieties Trebbiano and Malvasia . Using at least 50% of the red Sangiovese grape variety , the rose-colored variant Occhio di Pernice (German: eye of the partridge ) is created. The term "Vin santo" sounds like it means holy wine or altar wine . The name could also be derived from the Greek island of Santorini , which was the best-known origin for sweet wines even in ancient times. Even today a wine with a similar name ("Santorini") is produced there, which is protected as a designation of origin.

Biscotti di Prato / Cantuccini are often served with Vin Santo and dipped in the wine.

Manufacturing

The grapes are dried in the attic until Christmas or longer. This should make them raisin and become sweeter. The wine is pressed between the end of November and Easter. The point in time depends on the sweetness gradation that is to be achieved by the concentrating drying process. Despite the concentration of sweetness in the grape material, the wine can be matured in flavors from dry to very sweet. The dry version is more like a Fino Sherry than a dessert wine. After pressing, the wine matures for at least three years in small, sealed barrels ("caratelli") made of oak ( chestnut barrels were also used in the past, oak has become popular since the 1980s). Since the properties in Tuscany are quite small, the size of the barrels can also vary widely. The volume ranges from 50 to 300 l. The barrels are kept in a room under the roof called the vinsantaia . As a result, the wine is alternately exposed to heat and cold, which makes it very robust and "oily".

There are four DOC appellations in Italy that deal exclusively with Vin Santo:

  • Vin Santo di Carmignano
  • Vin Santo del Chianti
  • Vin Santo del Chianti Classico
  • Vin Santo di Montepulciano .

In addition, there are many wine-growing regions in which Vin Santo is also produced in DOC quality. The regulations and descriptions for their production are incorporated in the DOCs of the area concerned:

literature

  • Hugh Johnson , Stephen Brook (arr.): The Great Johnson - The Encyclopedia of Wines, Regions, and Winemakers of the World . 19th, completely revised and updated edition. Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8338-1621-5 .
  • Valeria Camaschella (Ed.): Lexicon of Italian Wines - All DOCG & DOC wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0756-9 , p. 189 .

Web links

Commons : Vin Santo  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Vin Santo. Lebensmittellexikon.de; accessed on November 2, 2015

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 607/2009 of the Commission of 14 July 2009 with implementing provisions for Regulation (EC) No. 479/2008 of the Council with regard to protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms and the labeling and presentation of certain wine-growing products ( PDF) , on eur-lex.europa.eu; Retrieved June 4, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Jancis Robinson: The Oxford Wine Lexicon. Hallwag Verlag, Munich 2003, p. 807.
  3. ↑ GU Santorini. Retrieved December 14, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Steffen Maus : Italy's Wine Worlds - Wein, Vino, Wine . Gebrüder Kornmayer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-942051-18-7 .
  5. ↑ DOC Vin Santo di Carmignano (PDF)
  6. ↑ DOC Vin Santo del Chianti (PDF)
  7. ↑ DOC Vin Santo del Chianti Classico (PDF)
  8. ↑ DOC Vin Santo di Montepulciano (PDF)