Santana's unique feature is its delicately perfumed flavour. Although the predominant flavour is "apple", there is a waft of something else - a bit like lychees or roses or sweet grapes. It is slightly more noticeable where the skin is flushed red - where the apple has been exposed to the autumn sun. The flesh is creamy-yellow, and firm rather than crunchy. We don't normally describe apples by their smell, but Santana smells like it tastes !

Santana is a small or medium-sized apple. It is usually a deep red flushed colour, over a yellow background, and the colour is streaked rather than solid.

In flavour terms it is quite similar to Spartan, which can also have scented overtones - usually described as "vinous".

Santana is a modern apple variety, developed at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands.  Its unique claim to fame is that it was bred with the aim of minimising the levels of certain proteins which can trigger allergic reactions in a small number of people - so if you are allergic to apples but would like to be able to eat them, this variety might be worth considering.

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