Holy Touch Of Malvasia – Chianti Series Of Charcoal Drawings
Holy Touch Of Malvasia – Chianti Series Of Charcoal Drawings
Holy Touch Of Malvasia – Chianti Series Of Charcoal Drawings
Original artwork by Dimitri Ross
- Charcoal on paper stained with Chianti wine, 40x30cm (15.7″x11.8″)
- Not framed
- Ready to be shipped immediately from Florence, Italy
- Shipped in a KMT Style photo frame (weight ca. 560g/1.2lb)
- The shipment cost is not included in the price of the artwork
The Chianti Series of my charcoal drawings continue with a sensual and elegant nude female figure. As I named the drawing "Holy Touch Of Malvasia", I believe I owe some explanations!
Malvasia del Chianti. Malvasia Toscana. Aromatic, sweet and fresh... A grape variety which goes perfectly together with other grapes and gives Chianti wines a very elegant touch of dolcezza e freschezza (sweetness and freshness). But most of all, it's an essential part of the Holy Wine or Vin Santo. So, if you haven't yet met Malvasia – let me introduce you to each other!
Many Chianti lovers would know that the Chianti wines are rarely made out of only one grape variety. Even though Malvasia is a white grape, it's included in production of red wines giving them that same touch of elegance.
As you can guess, the grapes of Malvasia family are in the recipe of many wines produced in Chianti region. Most of all, it goes very well with Sangiovese and Trebbiano. Actually, together with Trebbiano it makes the Holy Wine.
Now, you might ask me – what is this Holy Wine or Vin Santo? Well, it's an Italian desert wine. It just so happened historically that this sweet wine – made from the dried grapes – was often used in the Catholic church during the mass. All because of resourceful Tuscan winemakers of the Renaissance who started calling this wine VinSanto to market it in Rome.
Centuries later VinSanto was massively exported to Russia where it was used for the Eucharist in Russian Orthodox churches.