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Bellini Tuscan Dessert Wine
500ml
$21.99
*Price, vintage and availability may vary by store.
*Price, vintage and availability may vary by store.
Product Highlights
Italy- Made in the tradition of the famed Vin Santo, but at a much more affordable price. A good, traditional dessert wine, it is dark yellow, with an amber hue, and offers aromas of dried apricot and nuts. Medium-bodied and medium sweet, it has a lovely, creamy, nutty aftertaste.
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Product Details
OVERVIEW
Producer Story
One of today’s trendiest spirits, limoncello is a lemony liqueur with roots in Italy’s Amalfi coast. There, on the gorgeous hillsides that rise sharply from the sea, and on the nearby island of Capri, lemon groves produce the fragrant and sweet Ovale di Sorrento lemon. For generations, local residents have crafted their own limoncello using these oversized, juicy lemons.
One of our favorite producers of Chianti, Bellini, searched throughout Italy to find the best recipe to make its own limoncello. The result is a liqueur that is sweet and lemony, vibrant and refreshing. Store your Bellini Limoncello in the freezer and serve it ice cold as an after-dinner treat.
Varietal / Type
The sweet dessert wine Vin Santo – "holy wine" – is unique to Italy’s Tuscany region. Traditionally, winemakers dry grapes by hanging the harvested bunches up or arranging them on racks in attics or barns. After three or four months, the semidried grapes are full of concentrated sugars and flavors. After pressing, the juice is fermented in small wooden barrels, and aged for at least three years. The barrels are never completely filled, which exposes the wine to air. They’re also subject to varying temperatures throughout the year.