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Vin Santo (Italian: [vin ˈsanto]; lit. ' Holy Wine ' ) is a style of Italian dessert wine . Traditional in Tuscany , these wines are often made from white grape varieties such as Trebbiano and Malvasia , although Sangiovese may be used to produce a rosé style known as "Occhio di Pernice" or eye of the partridge .
While Tuscany is not the only Italian region to make the passito dessert wine Vin Santo (meaning "holy wine"), the Tuscan versions of the wine are well regarded and sought for by wine consumers. The best-known version is from the Chianti Classico and is produced with a blend of Trebbiano and Malvasia Bianca.
Alternatively, the wine itself can be a dessert, but bakery sweets can make a good match, particularly with a little bitterness like biscuits that are dunked in Vin Santo. [11] A development of this matching of contrasts is a rich savoury dish like the foie gras that is a traditional partner to Sauternes .
Besgano bianco is a white Italian wine grape variety that was historically used in the production of the dessert wine Vin Santo, blended with Malvasia Bianca Lunga and Verdea, but today is rarely planted and is more often used for table grape production than winemaking.
Vin Santo del Chianti produced in the provinces of Arezzo, Firenze, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena; Vin Santo del Chianti Classico produced in the provinces of ...
The Orvieto region in Umbria where Drupeggio is grown. Drupeggio is a mid to late ripening grape variety. With relatively thick skins for a white grape variety, Druppeggio berries tend not to raisin very easily which makes it use in the production of passito or straw wines, such as Vin Santo, very rare even though it is a permitted variety in several DOCs for the dessert wine.
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The DOC red wine and Vin Santo rosso is a blend of 60–75% Sangiovese, 15–25% collectively of Canaiolo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, 10–20% Merlot and up to 15% of other local red grape varieties, such as Abrusco.