Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG

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DOCG for dry white wine in the Italian region Tuscany . The zone includes the documentation is not good hills over 500 meters above sea level in the municipality of San Gimignano in the province of Siena. Already in 1276 the wine was mentioned documentary. He was the favorite wine of the famous painter and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), by the following quote from the 1543 guarantees in writing: "He kisses, caresses, bites and throw". San Gimignano is also known as the "city of towers", these are mostly from the 12th Century. The historic center has been the 1990 World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The area was the first in Italy in 1966, the DOC classification in 1993 and was elevated to DOCG. The wine is made ​​from a special and only cultivated here Vernaccia pressed called Vernaccia di San Gimignano (90-100%), and any other permitted white varieties (up to 10%) and has an alcohol content of at least 11% vol. At 14 months maturation in barrel and a further four months in the bottle, he may reserve call. Red and rosé wines from this area are as DOC San Gimignano classified.