Colli dell'Etruria Centrale Vin Santo d'Altesi 1996

Altesino (Italy)

Trebbiano Toscano, Malvasia Toscana
Sweet Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This wine shows a deep amber yellow color and nuances of amber yellow, transparent. The nose reveals good personality with intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas that start with good hints of fig jam and caramel followed by aromas of candied fruit, leather, almond, dried apricot, hazelnut, walnut, dried plum, honey, vanilla and hints of enamel. In the mouth has very good correspondence to the nose, a round attack with pleasing crispness, well balanced, full bodied, intense flavors, caressing and velvety. The finish is persistent with flavors of fig jam, dried plum, walnut and caramel. A well made wine. This Vin Santo ages for 5-7 years in small casks followed by 4 months of aging in bottle.
Alcohol: 16%
Piquant cheese, Confectionery, Dried fruits tarts and desserts
Suggested glass	14 °C (57 °F)
(Sweet Wines)
Issue 20, June 2004