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Vintage 2010 Vin Santo: picking the grapes for the Vin Santo

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Last week we have also begun to harvest the grapes to make the Vin Santo. Bunches of Trebbiano and Malvasia, picked and placed in small crates.

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The grapes are then laid out to dry "appassire" on the "cannicci" the straw mats.

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Later, after the "appassimento", the drying, the grapes will be pressed and the must will be transferred to the "carati", special oak casks used for the Vin Santo.

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