2016 Castello di Volpaia Vinsanto del Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy 375mlABOUT THIS WINE Vin Santo is still produced using the same labor intensive process that was used hundreds of years ago. Towards the end of the growing season, before Volpaia harvested its white grapes, the winery picked the best bunches of Trebbiano and Malvasia to go into the Vinsanto. The grapes were taken to the winerys Vinsantaia (left), a special attic where the bunches were hung from chains tied to the rafters and dried. The grapes are never

Montee de Tonnerre

where the vines are grown on amphibolite rock

20% Cabernet Franc

This elegant rosé Champagne pairs beautifully with a range of dishes

Manual harvest

all farming operations are conducted with great precision

and eventually decided that the metier of a winemaker would be interesting to him if he pursued it with the same passion as the role models he encountered

Farmed biodynamically

as they see it

after which the wine is aged in steel

which in turn flows into the Atlantic

View of the winery with its tower "Txori-Toki" tower