Pour&Pair
Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice

ABV

14%

Body

full

Sweetness

sweet

Price

luxury

Dessert Wine
Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy

Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice

아비뇨네시 빈 산토 디 몬테풀치아노 오키오 디 페르니체

Wine / Dessert Wine — Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy

A drink with enough weight to stay present at the table.

Leaves more weight on the palate

Slower dinners, richer food, and evenings that want more focus

full body gives the pairing its weight

sweet sweetness changes how salt, fat, and spice land

dried_apricot, caramel, honey are the leading flavor cues to follow

INTERPRETATION

What this drink feels like in plain language

Not the kind that disappears quickly; it keeps some weight and presence on the table.

FIT

Who it fits

  • People who want more presence, depth, and a slower pace

CAUTION

Who may want to be careful

  • People who get tired quickly from heavier textures

SCENE

When it works especially well

  • Slower dinners, richer food, and evenings that want more focus
  • Later in the meal, slower settings, and nights that want more depth

What to Eat with Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice?

Here are the food directions that fit Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice based on aroma and texture cues.

Current analysis layers: 0 volatile and 0 nonvolatile compounds.

PAIRING CUE

Red meat

PAIRING CUE

Aged cheese

PAIRING CUE

Long dinner

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EDITORIAL NOTE

Our take

Utility-first bottle intelligence for food pairing, dinner planning, gifting, and regional availability checks. Start with the taste shape, then move to where it fits.

ABV

14%

Body

full

Sweetness

sweet

Price

$$$$$

luxury

Flavor Profile

dried_apricotcaramelhoneywalnutorange_peel

Taxonomy

Dessert Wine

Sweet wines defined by residual sugar retention, noble rot, drying, freezing, or concentration techniques.

honeyapricottropical_fruitbotrytismarmaladefloralaciditysweetnessspice

Category Taste Grid

Wine markers

fruitfloralherbalearthspiceoakmineralsavorysweetnessaciditytannin

Representative Compounds

Dessert Wine

  • sotolon - maple or curry tone in long-aged sweet wines
  • beta_damascenone - baked fruit richness
  • sugar_and_glycerol_matrix - luscious texture and sweetness weight
  • volatile_thiols - tropical fruit expression in certain late-harvest whites

Wine

  • ethyl_hexanoate - apple and pineapple ester lift in young white and sparkling wine
  • isoamyl_acetate - banana and pear ester note in some young or carbonic styles
  • beta_damascenone - baked apple, floral, and red-fruit amplifier in mature wine
  • linalool - floral terpene in aromatic whites
  • rotundone - black pepper marker in syrah and some cool-climate reds
  • sotolon - curry, nut, and oxidative note in some fortified or aged wines

Legal and Protected Name Context

Dessert Wine

Protected names

SauternesTokaji AszuEiswein

Country: EU / major appellation markets

Authority: national appellation bodies

Law: sweetness and production-method protected categories

Focus: late-harvest, botrytized, passito, and icewine-style naming controls

Wine

Protected names

ChampagneSherryPortMadeiraTokaj

Country: European Union

Authority: European Union wine regime

Law: Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and related GI rules

Focus: PDO/PGI protection, labeling, grape-product definitions, origin-led categories

Country: France

Authority: INAO

Law: AOC/AOP framework

Focus: appellation hierarchy, permitted grapes, yield, regional protection

Country: Italy

Authority: Italian wine appellation law

Law: DOCG/DOC/IGT framework

Focus: origin hierarchy and production rules

Country: Spain

Authority: Spanish wine appellation law

Law: DOCa/DO/IGP framework

Focus: origin hierarchy and consejo regulador control

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Chemical Profile

Volatile Compounds (0)

Chemical layer details are not yet published for this page.

Nonvolatile Compounds (0)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What food goes well with Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice?

Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice pairs well with foods that share aroma cues such as dried_apricot, caramel, honey. The full body and sweet sweetness help it land well with savory, richer dishes.

What does Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice taste like?

Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice is a Wine in the Dessert Wine family with 14% ABV. Expect a full body, sweet sweetness, and flavor cues such as dried_apricot, caramel, honey, walnut, orange_peel.

How much does Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice cost?

Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice usually sits in the luxury price range for Wine. Actual shelf price varies by retailer and region.