Marsala Vergine Vintage 1980
Marsala (Sicily)
Grillo
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Fortified Wine |
Score: ✧✧✧✧✭ |
This Marsala shows a brilliant amber yellow color and nuances of amber
yellow, transparent. The nose reveals good personality with intense, clean,
pleasing, refined and elegant aromas which start with the characteristic
hint of Marsala, dried fig and orange marmalade followed by aromas of
leather, date, dried apricot, porcino mushroom, licorice, walnut, vanilla,
almond, enamel and hints of coffee. In the mouth has good correspondence to
the nose, an alcoholic and round attack, however balanced, full body,
intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of dried
fig, almond and coffee. A well made wine. This Marsala ages for more than
twenty years in barrique followed by at least 6 months of aging in bottle.
It is perfect also drunk alone or served in place of a distillate.
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Alcohol: 19%
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Hard and piquant cheese, Almond tarts
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Suggested glass |
15 °C (59 °F) |
(Bodied and Mature White Wines) |
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Issue 23, October 2004 |
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