HORATIO, MARSALA S.O.M. DRY AMBER 2011
Dedicated to the famous English admiral Horatio Nelson, who at the end of the eighteenth century would use marsala wine to refresh his crew considering it to be a drink with special healing benefits
GRAPES Grillo, Catarratto and Inzolia
TERRITORY DI ORIGIN Countryside around Marsala and Mazara del Vallo Province of Trapani
TERROIR Terrain:. medium consistency, tending to clayey. Altitude: a few metres above sea level. Climate: Mediterranean, mild winters, limited rainfall, very hot and breezy summers
VINIFICATION AND AGEING Harvesting time during the second ten days of September, at advanced maturation. Vinifcation at 20°-22°C. The fermentation is halted with the addition of neutral alcohol. Then cooked must is added. Ageing in oak barrels for a minimum of 24 months
Colour: Light Amber.
Bouquet: balanced, with hints of apricot and dry fig and pleasant vanilla notes
Flavour: moderately dry with delicate notes of apricot. PAIRING Traditional: dry Sicilian pastries and marzipan. Unconventional: stewed wild pigeon breast with marsala wine wrapped in Nebrodi black pig lardo (cured strips of fatback).
Serve at 12°-14°C.
ALCOHOL CONTENT 18% vol
SIZE 75 cl
GRAPES Grillo, Catarratto and Inzolia
TERRITORY DI ORIGIN Countryside around Marsala and Mazara del Vallo Province of Trapani
TERROIR Terrain:. medium consistency, tending to clayey. Altitude: a few metres above sea level. Climate: Mediterranean, mild winters, limited rainfall, very hot and breezy summers
VINIFICATION AND AGEING Harvesting time during the second ten days of September, at advanced maturation. Vinifcation at 20°-22°C. The fermentation is halted with the addition of neutral alcohol. Then cooked must is added. Ageing in oak barrels for a minimum of 24 months
Colour: Light Amber.
Bouquet: balanced, with hints of apricot and dry fig and pleasant vanilla notes
Flavour: moderately dry with delicate notes of apricot. PAIRING Traditional: dry Sicilian pastries and marzipan. Unconventional: stewed wild pigeon breast with marsala wine wrapped in Nebrodi black pig lardo (cured strips of fatback).
Serve at 12°-14°C.
ALCOHOL CONTENT 18% vol
SIZE 75 cl
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