Amygdalis – Almond Wine
Aromatized Liquor Wine
Production Area: West coast of Sicily, in Marsala
Altitude: 50-100 m asl
Climate: coastal climate with very hot and humid summer
Type of soil: mixed soil, sandy, clayey, tending to calcareous
Vineyard: Inzolia e Cataratto
Cultivation system: traditional free sapling
Yield per hectare: 80 Ql
Vinification: the grape are destemmed, crushed and subjected to soft pressing. Fermentation at controlled temperature. At the end of fermentation, the wise aromatization with alcoholic infusion of almonds and sugar, creates the natural flavour of this specialty
Ingredients: white table wine, sugar, alcohol of wine, natural aromas
Sugar content: 20%
Colour: white with light amber highlights
Bouquet: intense of almond
Taste: quite sweet, characteristic of almond, persistent
Alcohol content: 16 % vol.
Serving temperature: 12 °C
Food matches: dessert wine, with ricotta cheese pastries or dry biscuits. Excellent as an aperitif with aged cheeses and arugula
Bottle: bordeaux bottle, of type “noble” (7,3 x 31,9 cm) in white glass. Bottles 75 cl
Stopper: cork stopper encapsulated (stopper “T”)
