XI century pretty village... tough to pronounce even in italian..
is famous for its 14 grey stone towers
for its special white grape and wine, Vernaccia
and for its saffron, very precious and expensive spicy
It takes about 125,000 flowers to get 1 kilogram of saffron and the price on the market is 35,000 euro per kg….. can you immagine? The gold is sold for about 22,000 euro per kg!
The delicate red pistils are dried at low temperature for one night
Vernaccia was the first white wine that got the appelation in 1993 of docg wine, so stricly controller by the State. It is an old grape dates back the XII century and can be produced only in the small area of San Gimignano, and cannot befound in any other wine region
the colour is pale straw-yellow, fine smell, delicate, dry, armonic, with a little bitter aftertaste
enjoying the Vernaccia and the Saffron
during my San Gimignano tours
rise with saffron
home made ravioli with saffron sauce
homemade saffron gelato
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