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This drier version of Erice Spumante has ’Brut’ as a last name and is based on the Chardonnay grape (70-100%), with permission to add local green grapes (0-30%). The wine's second fermentation takes place in a pressure chamber, the so-called Martinotti method.
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This white wine is made from Carricante (60-100%), Catarratto Bianco Commune or Catarratto Lucido (max. 40%), with the addition of Trebbiano and/or Minella Bianca (0-15%).
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This golden wine's sweetish and sweet versions go well with most desserts, but it's also available as a dry wine. With its 17% alcohol concentration, this Marsala Fine DOC is also called Italy Particular (IP), even though this title is rarely seen.
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As opposed to the other types of Marsala, Marsala Rubino DOC is produced entirely from red grapes, which include the varieties Perricone and/or Calabrese, Nerello Mascalese (70-100%).
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Marsala Superiore DOC is a golden, ample dessert wine. The taste is dry or sweetish to sweet, but with its 18% alcohol concentration, usually rather dry with a taste of fat, nuts, lemon and spices. This is a very mellow wine, but it still has a distinctive, austere aftertaste.
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Did you know?
Italy extends over 10 latitudes – from continental climate to subtropical climate?
So let’s just get one thing straight: at Lombardia (or Lombardy), Italy’s most populated and industrialized region, doesn’t exactly prioritize wine production. Actually, the combined output isn’t that significant, and what is produced is normally consumed locally, especially the wines from Oltrepò Pavese.
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