Winery Cantine BarberaAlbamarina Passito
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Albamarina Passito of Winery Cantine Barbera in the region of Sicily often reveals types of flavors of apricot, straw or earth and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cantine Barbera's Albamarina Passito.
Discover the grape variety: Roussin de Morgex
Lively, mineral whites with a pale golden hue, an airy and tense palate with preserved acidity, and signature aromas of citrus (lemon), alpine flowers, green apple and fresh mineral notes. High-altitude tension. Preserved for its heritage value, it reflects the adaptation of grape varieties to extreme-altitude vineyards in the Aosta Valley. Rare white grape from the Aosta Valley, grown at very high altitude around Morgex and La Salle.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Albamarina Passito from Winery Cantine Barbera are 2012
Informations about the Winery Cantine Barbera
The Winery Cantine Barbera is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Menfi to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Menfi
DOC in south-western Sicily (Agrigento, ~280 ha) between limestone hills and the Mediterranean Sea, generous sunshine. Nero d'Avola and Syrah are the signature reds: full-bodied and sun-drenched with intense black cherry, blackberry, plum, gentle spices and a hint of tobacco, round tannins. Grillo, Grecanico and Chardonnay as fresh aromatic whites with citrus, white flowers and a saline maritime touch, ideal with seafood. Mandrarossa as flagship.
The wine region of Sicily
Major qualitative renewal. Sunny, expressive reds: fleshy, spicy Nero d'Avola (black cherry, blackberry, liquorice), fine, mineral Nerello Mascalese on Etna (recalls Pinot Noir), light, crisp Frappato in Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG. Lively, saline whites: Catarratto, fat, iodised Grillo, taut Carricante, floral Inzolia. Amber, walnutty fortified Marsala.
The word of the wine: Seeds
A maximum of four, located in the heart of the grape berry, they contain tannins and nitrogenous matter.
