Vin Santo

Vin Santo is a dessert produced by Santa Cristina in Valdichiana Toscana, Tuscany, Italy. Made from Trebbiano and Malvasía. Cellarion's sommeliers have reviewed the drink window of 1 vintage; members see when it is ready. Track this wine and manage your cellar with Cellarion — the free, open-source wine app at cellarion.app.

Type: Dessert

Appellation: Valdichiana Toscana

Region: Tuscany

Country: Italy

Grapes: Trebbiano, Malvasía

Tasting profile

Structure: medium-bodied, high acidity, sweet

An accessible Tuscan Vin Santo from Antinori's Santa Cristina estate, made from Trebbiano and Malvasia dried and aged in small barrels — honeyed and nutty with dried apricot and caramel, a straightforward everyday expression of the style.

Serving: Serve at 6–8 °C.

When to drink

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Where it comes from

Tuscany, Italy

Tuscany (Toscana) is one of Italy's most iconic wine regions, set in the rolling hills of the country's centre and inseparable from the Sangiovese grape.

Trebbiano

Trebbiano is a white grape and one of Italy's most widely planted, actually a family of related varieties responsible for oceans of everyday white wine as well as the base for balsamic vinegar and brandy.

Malvasía

Malvasía is a white grape — or more accurately a sprawling family of loosely related varieties — long grown around the Mediterranean, from Spain and Portugal to Italy and the Greek islands from which the name is…

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