Winery Cantina BasileShamira Non Shamira Passito di Pantelleria
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Cantina Basile's Shamira Non Shamira Passito di Pantelleria.
Discover the grape variety: Couston
Couston noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. The Couston noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, South West.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Shamira Non Shamira Passito di Pantelleria from Winery Cantina Basile are 2012
Informations about the Winery Cantina Basile
The Winery Cantina Basile is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Passito di Pantelleria to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Passito di Pantelleria
The wine region of Passito di Pantelleria is located in the region of Moscato di Pantelleria of Sicile of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Donnafugata or the Domaine Donnafugata produce mainly wines sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Passito di Pantelleria are Sangiovese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Passito di Pantelleria often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, marzipan or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, tree fruit or oak.
The wine region of Sicily
Sicily is the Southernmost region of Italy, and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. For over 2500 years, Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) has been an important centre of Mediterranean viticulture, although the reputation and style of its wines have changed considerably over time. The island was once best known for its Sweet muscatels (see Pantelleria), and later for its fortified Marsala. Today, many of its best-known wines are Dry table wines produced under the regional designation IGT Terre Siciliane, or Sicilia DOC (see below).
The word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
