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What is Vin Santo?

Vin Santo bottles on ice

According to Wikipedia “Vin Santo is a style of Italian dessert wine. Traditional in Tuscany, these wines are often made from white grape varieties such as Trebbiano and Malvasia, though Sangiovese may be used to produce a rosé style known as “Occhio di Pernice” or eye of the partridge. The wines may also be described as straw wines since they are often…

(EN / DE) Chianti Classico 2013 – Carobbio

Dacanter rated this wine with 97 points – so I had to test it, as it sounded too good in my eyes for about 16 €. I must say, that they exaggerated a little bit, but it’s still a very special and great Chianti Classico! The bouquet shows first highly fruity with a lot of red berries in front. Mainly sweet cherries and raspberries, but also some darker fruits.  It is concentrated but still wide and…