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Angelicus

Angelicus is a Vino Santo di Sant’Angelo in Vado. Traditionally an alter wine (vino santo) it became common to serve on the most special occasions, or given as a gift to important visitors.

Appellation: Marche Bianco VdT

Type:  Passito, botrytized, dessert, digestif

Blend: 100% Ancient Trebbiano

The drying process involves hanging grape bunches in a ‘smoking’ room.

Wine Details:

Tasting Notes:
Color: Intense golden-yellow, at times amber.
Bouquet: Honey to ripe fruit, from floral to pleasantly smoked.
Taste: Sweet, well-balanced, the full-bodied mouthfeel is pleasantly clean due to the wines natural fruit acidity.
Alcohol: 13%.
Serving Suggestion: Serve 14°C (57º F) in medium-size goblets.
Pairing: Pairs well with desserts, pastries, cakes, tarts, and mature cheeses.  

Vinyard Notes:
Production Area: Sant’Angelo in Vado, Pesaro-Urbino.
Exposure: South, southeast.
Soil: Limestone.

Winemaking Notes:
Preparation: The harvested grapes are hung for four to five months in a special room where a fireplace is periodically lit in order to smoke the grapes.
Process: After drying a three-phase pressing follows which lasts 15 hours and produces three different types of must. The must is left to cool for five days allowing the coarse sediments to settle; then, when almost clear, it is ready for fermentation.
Vinification: After processing the must is transferred to 115 liter demi-barriques to allow for oxidation.
Aging: The wine is aged from 60 months. Cold decanted, poured, and bottled.
Annual Production: 3,000, 500ml bottles.