Passito di Pantelleria 2008

Florio (Italy)

Moscato d'Alessandria
Sweet Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This Passito di Pantelleria shows a brilliant amber yellow color and nuances of amber yellow, transparent. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas that start with hints of raisin, honey and lavender followed by aromas of almond, dried apricot, peach jam, date, candied fruits, orange marmalade, vanilla and nail polish. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a sweet attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, pleasing roundness. The finish is persistent with flavors of raisin, dried apricot and dried fig. This Passito di Pantelleria ages for 5 months in steel tanks followed by 8 months of aging in barrique.
Alcohol: 14.5%
Confectionery, Dried fruit tarts, Hard and piquant cheese
Suggested glass	14 °C (57 °F)
(Sweet Wines)
April 2012