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Si sono fatti attendere un anno in più, ma ora sono arrivati: Mille e una Notte 2007 e Ben Ryé 2009 grandi vini siciliani, senza dubbio alcuno.

A red with blackberry and chocolate character. Hints of hazelnuts, too. Full body, silky tannins and a juicy finish. Lots of pure fruit here. A beautiful wine with fruit and structure. Drink or hold.

Pretty dark gold color indicating the grapes have been dried outside in the bright sun of the island of Pantelleria. Wonderful aromas of apricots and orange jam with hints of toffee. Full body, very sweet and dense. Bright fruit and acidity with a underlying nuttiness. Fabulous dessert wine as always. Drink and enjoy.

Bright amber-gold. Penetrating aromas of aromatic spices and tropical fruit, complicated by honey and peach nectar. Saline and brightly acid, showing lovely lift to the rich, sweet flavors of spicy stone fruit, mango and grilled plantain. Long, rich and ripe but also very precise, showcasing lovely balance; I would have never guessed this has 199 g/L of residual sugar (the 7.9 g/L total acidity helped fool me). Strikes me as a much more freshly and lightly styled wine than some past vintages of Ben Ryé, but each will have its fans. Drinking window: 2016 – 2025. (Ian d’Agata)

Purple-ruby. Captivating floral aromas of plum, black currant, star anise, cocoa and cinnamon; this is a great deal more floral and perfumed than the 2010. Smooth, lush and round; a fresh, juicy quality contributes to the impression of early personality and precise flavors of dark berries and cocoa. Offers a delightful combination of texture and focus. Finishes broad and long, displaying ripe, very polished tannins and repeating violet nuances. This is one of the best young Mille e Una Notte wines I have memory of. A blend of mainly Nero d’Avola with small additions of Syrah and Petit Verdot. Drinking window: 2019 – 2029. (Ian d’Agata)

Good full ruby. Deep, reticent, almost austere aromas and flavors of spicy dark plum, currant leaf, underbrush, coffee and graphite. Multilayered and complex; polished tannins provide backbone to the rich fruit. This still-brooding wine finishes long, displaying outstanding inner-mouth perfume. Strikes me as by far the best, most polished young Tancredi in memory; this is a wine in which rustic notes of hot-climate Cabernet Sauvignon almost always used to dominate. An almost 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Nero d’Avola, plus small amounts of Tannat and other grapes. Drinking window: 2018 – 2023. (Ian d’Agata)

A juicy and chewy red with plum, dried-cherry and dark-chocolate-flake character. A blend of cabernet sauvignon, tannat and nero d’avola.

A red with plums, dried berries and chocolate with hints of hazelnuts. Full body, soft tannins and a juicy finish. Drink now.

Intense aromas of burnt marmalade with lusciously textured, limpid palate of raisined fruits, prunes and smoky walnuts. A rich, showstopping style with memorable appeal.

Miglior Vino Dolce Italiano.
Basisce la concentrazione aromatica, nettissima e illibata della sua uvosità perduta. Giunge al profumo una fragranza e un’abbondanza profusiva di uva su polpa di susina che rifulge della sua ricchezza olfattiva assolutamente esplosiva. Algidità di cedro, di pistacchio di fiore. Agrume a chili. L’amaro dov’è? In nessun dove. Così il rustico e l’ammandorlato dell’ossidazione. Naturalezza, spaziosità, freschezza. Impressioni che per via della fenomenale ricchezza paiono non perdere mai la loro squisita, aromatica, vanigliata e poi congenita dolcezza. Un gran vino dolce non passito ma poderoso e possente, un’essenza di natura sommamente cremosa. Un archetipo di massima pulizia, morbidezza e fittezza dell’uva nativa.

Funkelndes, sattes Goldgelb. Verwobene Nase mit Noten nach kandierten Orangen, Feigen, Datteln, unterlegt von Noten nach Jasmin-Blüten. Am Gaumen cremig, entfaltet sich geschmeidig, feine Feigennoten, im Nachhall satt nach getrockneten Marillen und hellem Honig. Gottardi, Innsbruck;

Questo passito naturale rappresnta il solito capolavoro tecnico, culturale, umano: in bocca si esprime con progressione infinita, chiudendo con un’amabile nota di pasta di mandorla

Ripe flavors of glazed nectarine and apricot leap from the glass in this vibrant sweetie, with accents of blood orange, grated coconut, candied ginger and cardamom. Drink now through 2029.—A.N.

The excellent 2014 Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ryé (375 ml) opens to beautiful intensity and irresistible richness. The wine is sweet and generous with candied fruit, honey, marzipan, brown sugar and apricot. This celebrated Sicilian dessert wine o?ers a luminous golden color with amber highlights. In the mouth, it exhibits soft lines and deep layers of sun-ripened fruit. Ben Ryé is a wine with a proven track record of aging 20 years or more. (Monica Larner)

Sattes, tiefes Rubin. Dichte und fleischige Nase, satt nach Holunderbeeren und dunklen Ribiseln, einladend. Am Gaumen erstaunlich saftig und frisch, zeigt viel knackige Frucht, griffiges, feines Tannin, im Finale zupackend.