The 7th wine from the Downs Club Italian Dinner and from 375ml bottle. Would swear this was fortified but only 13% alcohol. 55% Malvasia, 45% Trebbiano. Colour of tawny burnt orange. More nutty notes over the dried fruits and dry citrus peel. Sweet - to be expected with diminishing acid. An excellent dessert style or to go with cheeses.
The 7th wine from the Downs Club Italian Dinner and from 375ml bottle. Would swear this was fortified but only 13% alcohol. 55% Malvasia, 45% Trebbiano. Colour of tawny burnt orange. More nutty notes over the dried fruits and dry citrus peel. Sweet - to be expected with diminishing acid. An excellent dessert style or to go with cheeses.
Aug 19th, 2022
2009 Isole e Olena #VinSanto offered golden sultanas, honey, canned mandarins, apricot preserves…was rich w/o being heavy…phenomenal w Stilton!
2009 Isole e Olena #VinSanto offered golden sultanas, honey, canned mandarins, apricot preserves…was rich w/o being heavy…phenomenal w Stilton!
Jan 31st, 2022The final wine at the Downs Club Super Tuscan Dinner from Half Bottles. Semi dried grapes using Malvasia and Trebbiano. A rich burnished copper colour - Sherry notes on the nose with honeycomb on the palate. Interesting and different.
The final wine at the Downs Club Super Tuscan Dinner from Half Bottles. Semi dried grapes using Malvasia and Trebbiano. A rich burnished copper colour - Sherry notes on the nose with honeycomb on the palate. Interesting and different.
Mar 19th, 2021
Savory, salty, nutty. Marzipan, floral. Wonderful. Long. Thick. Half bottle
Savory, salty, nutty. Marzipan, floral. Wonderful. Long. Thick. Half bottle
Feb 11th, 2018
The 2006 Vin Santo is quite powerful and viscous in the glass, perhaps a bit more so than is the norm. An exotic mélange of dried fig, honey, sage, baking spices and sweet herbs are all thrust forward. This is one of the most intense Vin Santos I can remember tasting at Isole e Olena. The 220 grams of residual sugar are clearly felt in the wine's heft, yet all the elements are in the right place. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2015)
The 2006 Vin Santo is quite powerful and viscous in the glass, perhaps a bit more so than is the norm. An exotic mélange of dried fig, honey, sage, baking spices and sweet herbs are all thrust forward. This is one of the most intense Vin Santos I can remember tasting at Isole e Olena. The 220 grams of residual sugar are clearly felt in the wine's heft, yet all the elements are in the right place. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2015)
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Chianti Classico, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
