Winery Castello di AmorosaIl Passito
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
The Il Passito of the Winery Castello di Amorosa is in the top 70 of wines of North Coast.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Il Passito of Winery Castello di Amorosa in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Il Passito
Pairings that work perfectly with Il Passito
Original food and wine pairings with Il Passito
The Il Passito of Winery Castello di Amorosa matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of salmon pave en papillotte, marinated mussels with maroilles or tarte tatin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Castello di Amorosa's Il Passito.
Discover the grape variety: Nocera
Structured and elegant reds with a light to intense ruby colour, soft to firm tannins and silky palate, with signature aromas of red fruit (cherry, morello cherry), plum, sweet spices, Mediterranean garrigue and saline notes. A fresh, sunny Sicilian profile. Traditional component of blends in the Mamertino di Milazzo DOC appellation, signing the viticultural heritage of the province of Messina. An indigenous Italian black variety from Sicily.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Il Passito from Winery Castello di Amorosa are 2011, 2013, 2010, 0 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Castello di Amorosa
The Winery Castello di Amorosa is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 60 wines for sale in the of North Coast to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of North Coast
Vast Californian parent AVA: Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake County. Cabernet Sauvignon the star: powerful, opulent reds with ripe blackcurrant, blackberry, chocolate, cedar and tobacco, round tannins, sun-soaked palate. Round Chardonnay (pear, brioche, butter, vanilla). Also fresh coastal and Russian River Pinot Noir, sunny Zinfandel (candied blackberry, spice), supple Merlot.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Clone
A vine propagated from a single specimen (by cuttings or grafting), as opposed to mass selection, which starts from a family of vines.
