Vernaccia di San Gimignano

Vernaccia di San Gimignano is an Italian white wine from the town of San Gimignano in the province of Siena, Tuscany. The wine is 90 - 100 % vinified from grapes Vernaccia and has since March 3, 1966 the first Italian wine the status of a DOC. Meanwhile, the Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG was granted the status of 9 July 1993. 210 winegrowers work on the 660 ha approved vineyards and produce an average of 38,890 hl of white wine. At the winery, the wine is aged 6 - 12 months in different tanks before it is marketed. Over 1 year maturity and an alcohol content of more than 11.5 ° can carry the quality label Riserva wine. The wine should be enjoyed in its youth.

  • Color: pale golden yellow
  • Fragrance: subtle and elegant, with hints of almond flowers and flint.
  • Alcohol: 11-13 volume percent
  • Total acidity: 5 to 6.5 per thousand
  • Serving temperature: 8 - 10 ° C

Production volumes

  • Wine year (1990 /91) 41595 hectoliters
  • Wine year (1991 /92) 45337 hectoliters
  • Wine year (1992/ 93) 45268 hectoliters
  • Wine year (1993 /94) 36444 hectoliters
  • Wine year (1994 /95) 26382 hectoliters
  • Wine year (1995 /96) 42090 hectoliters
  • Wine year (1996/ 97) 38605 hectoliters

Vernaccia in the literature

" Questi e mostro col dito, è Bonagiunta. Bonagiunta da Lucca: e quella faccia di più che lui íà because l' altra trapunta ebb la Santa Chiesa e le sue braccia: dal torso fu, e purga by digiuno l' anguille Bolsena e la Vernaccia "

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