Castello di Volpaia Vin Santo del Chianti Classico 2018 375ml

ITALY : TUSCANY : CHIANTI CLASSICO

CERTIFIED ORGANIC : Trebbiano, Malvasia

FULL-BODIED, BITTER COCOA, CITRUS PEEL, DRIED MANGO, ALMOND, OAK

Vin Santo is a Tuscan ritual, not just a wine — grapes harvested at peak ripeness, laid out to dry through the winter on bamboo racks, then slowly fermented and aged for years in sealed caratelli, tiny oak barrels that carry madre from each prior vintage. At Volpaia, that process unfolds at over 600 meters in Radda in Chianti, one of the appellation's most elevated and wind-exposed addresses.

The 2018 spent five years in caratelli alongside the madre — the living yeast culture that connects each release back through the estate's history. Dark amber, rich but tense, it carries Wine Enthusiast's 92 points and Danielle Callegari's note of "rich, tense and energetic all at once."

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