Arkezia Muffo di San Sisto 2001

Fazi Battaglia (Italy)

(Marches)

Verdicchio
Sweet Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This wine shows a pale golden yellow color and nuances of golden yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas which start with elegant hints of dried apricot, peach jam and vanilla followed by good aromas of chamomile, honey, ripe banana, candied fruit, quince jam, litchi, orange marmalade, hazelnut and hints of enamel. In the mouth has very good correspondence to the nose, a sweet and smooth attack, however well balanced, good body, intense flavors, good crispness, agreeable. The finish is persistent with long flavors of dried apricot, peach jam, honey and candied fruit. A very well made wine. Arkezia is produced with late harvested grapes affected by Botrytis Cinerea (Noble Rot), ages for 14-16 months in barrique followed by 6 months of aging in bottle.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Hard and piquant cheese, Dried fruit tarts

Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Bodied and Mature White Wines)

Issue 23, October 2004

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