One of the most historic wines of the Colli Piacentini: ten years of patience, a mother wine kept since 1824, and a story that begins as a gift.
For generations, the Barattieri Vin Santo could not be bought. It was the gift the family reserved at the end of each year for its finest clients and dearest friends: a few bottles, never for everyone, handed over the way one shares a confidence.
Only in the late 1980s did it officially go on sale, without changing a single detail of how it is made. In uninterrupted production since 1824, it is one of the most historic wines of the Colli Piacentini: a family legacy handed down through generations, faithfully and without any modification.
1824
in production ever since1700s
the oldest casks10 years
from harvest to release1980s
first offered for saleOnly the finest bunches of Malvasia di Candia Aromatica are chosen by the expert hands of our long-serving harvesters.
The bunches, laid one by one on racks, slowly lose water while sugars and aromas concentrate, drying in naturally ventilated rooms under the roofs of the estate.
The dried grapes put up a natural resistance: the pressing, hydraulic today yet faithful to the principle of the old manual presses, is slow and intense, and releases an extraordinarily rich must.
The must enters the small casks, some still from the eighteenth century: there it ferments and ages for ten years in the same wood, never racked, kept by the memory of two centuries of harvests.
After ten years the wine is drawn off: the 2016 vintage is released in 2026. At the bottom rests the mother wine, dense and never removed since 1824: the new harvest is grafted onto it, and the story never stops.
The online shop is coming soon. In the meantime this wine can be purchased directly at the estate or ordered by phone or email: we will be glad to advise you.
