Here’s a fruity, cheerful wine that boasts a luminous golden color and enticing notes of honey-coated almonds, crusty creme brulee, almond amaretto and a twist of orange zest. It’s lighter and more approachable than your typical vin santo. If you plan to visit Tuscany, this estate’s vin santo barrel room will be a highlight of your trip.——M.L.(9/1/2008)—— 90

Tuscany’s flagship dessert wine is rigorously aged in wax-sealed miniaure oak barrels over many years in carefully ventilated rooms. The golden and delightfully sweet (but not too sweet) results are worth the long wait: dried apricot, almonds, honey and roasted chestnut hit the palate. ——M.L.(10/1/2006)—— 90

A beautifully balanced vin santo—not too sweet and not too alcoholic. Combines hints of nuts and stone fruits on the nose, develops apricot, almond paste and chestnut honey flavors on the palate, finishing with notes of candied orange peel. Yes, the 1992 is the current vintage of this delicious dessert wine.——W.E.(3/1/2004)—— 91