Winery Cantina BasileShamira Passito di Pantelleria
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with sweet desserts
Food and wine pairings with Shamira Passito di Pantelleria
Pairings that work perfectly with Shamira Passito di Pantelleria
Original food and wine pairings with Shamira Passito di Pantelleria
The Shamira Passito di Pantelleria of Winery Cantina Basile matches generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts such as recipes of yoghurt cake.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cantina Basile's Shamira Passito di Pantelleria.
Discover the grape variety: Epinou
A very old wine grape variety from the Auvergne vineyards. Today, it is practically no longer multiplied.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Shamira Passito di Pantelleria from Winery Cantina Basile are 2016, 2012, 0, 2011
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: R-C (champagne)
Harvesting-cooperator. It is the cooperative which elaborates the champagne of its members from their mixed contributions. It gives them bottles on which they stick their own label. It is legal without being intellectually honest. When you walk around the Champagne region, you may come across signs that say "Vigneron récoltant" to indicate a member of a cooperative. You can always ask him where his vats and press are.
