Avignonesi, Vin Santo di Montepulciano, 1988 (375ml) SO031026 Fornerot terraced vineyards with a mix

terraced vineyards with a mix of schist and limestone soils

it belonged to Pierre Magne

His daughter Maria Teresa continues this philosophy without compromise

15 years aged

A serious Premier Cru drinking near its peak

Avignonesi, Vin Santo di Montepulciano, 1988 (375ml) SO031026 Fornerot terraced vineyards with a mixAvignonesi's Vin Santo is one of Italy's great cult sweet wines, and it earns the reputation through sheer obsession. White grapes (Malvasia, Grechetto and Trebbiano) are dried on mats for months, then fermented and aged for years in tiny sealed caratelli inoculated with the estate's century old "madre" yeast, with a huge share of the liquid lost to evaporation. The result is a tiny production of intensely concentrated nectar. This 1988 comes from a