Avignonesi, Vin Santo di Montepulciano, 1989 (375ml) overlooked us regions dark and reticent in its

dark and reticent in its youth

The house traces its origins to 1785

this wine arrives with a distinctive peppery spice that cuts across the palate like a cool breeze through a summer garden

densely-layered expression that demands patience and food

The result: a wine of mineral precision and fresh vitality

Avignonesi, Vin Santo di Montepulciano, 1989 (375ml) overlooked us regions dark and reticent in itsAvignonesi's Vin Santo is one of Italy's great cult sweet wines, made with near fanatical patience. White grapes (Malvasia, Grechetto and Trebbiano) are dried for months, then fermented and aged for years in tiny sealed caratelli using the estate's century old "madre" yeast, while much of the wine simply evaporates away. What's left is a tiny, intensely concentrated production. This 1989 is from a private collection and now fully mature, deep amber