2010 Vin San Giusto
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The 2010 Vin San Giusto is one of the best editions of this wine I have ever tasted. A magical wine, the 2010 is captivating for so many reasons, including the way it delivers serious fruit intensity while also staying fresh and light on its feet. The 440 grams of residual sugar are not especially evident. Dried fig, dried herbs and chamomile shape the exquisite finish. This is an especially rich, concentrated sweet wine, much of that coming from six years in small casks and an evaporation of 30-40%. Stated simply, the 2010 Vin San Giusto is a total pleasure bomb.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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This wine is classified as an IGT Toscana because Chianti Classico appellation laws require that Vin Santo has at least 12% alcohol. The 2010 Vin San Giusto only has 9.5% alcohol instead. These means you can count on extra sweetness and sugary intensity, and that is exactly the intention here. The blend is 90% Malvasia and 10% Trebbiano, and it ages for six long years in small barrels (resting on "mother" lees leftover from indigenous yeasts that have formed in previously used barrels and carried forward over the years). The wine pours from the bottle as if it were maple syrup, not wine. It shows super rich consistency that makes for slow and lazy movements as you swirl the glass. This wine is so absolutely singular it's hard to know how to score it, because it virtually has no equivalent. The bouquet shows hard candy, butterscotch, caramelized sugar, marron glacé and cedar smoke. The wine's drinking window is basically forever. A very precious 2,282 (375-milliliter bottles) exist, and I just tasted one of those unforgettable gems.
About the producer
San Giusto a Rentennano is one of the leading producers in the Chianti Classico region. Its 100% Merlot Super Tuscan La Ricolma and 100% Sangiovese cuvée, Percarlo, are two of the most consistent and collected fine wines in Tuscany.