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Glänzendes, sattes Bernstein. Überschwängliche Nase mit vielfältigen Aromen, duftet nach getrockneten Orangenschalen, Mandarinen, Datteln und getrockneten Feigen, unterlegt mit würzigen Noten nach Ingwer. Am Gaumen rund und geschmeidig, wirkt wie aus einem Guss, zeigt Noten nach getrockneten Marillen, Feigen, auch Mandarine, sehr langer Nachhall, zum Reinbeißen!

A Sicilian oenological masterpiece, the 2011 Passito di Pantelleria Ben Rye bursts from the glass with amazing intensity and vitality. If you have even visited the rustic island of Pantelleria, those aromas of candied fruit, jasmine, almond blossom, dried sage and marine salt will prove hauntingly familiar. This is one of Italy’s most distinctive wines and it is infinitely married to a sense of place. Honey, roasted chestnuts and marzipan appear on the long creamy close. Zibibbo has a good amount of natural acidity and ultimately that’s what sets this delicious dessert wine apart. It feels opulent and luscious, but that crisp vein of zest keeps the palate refreshed. Drink 2014-2025.

Vivid golden yellow. Brooding nose opens slowly with aeration to offer Zibibbo-typical aromas of candied apricot, raisins, date syrup, crystallized ginger, sweet botanical herbs and a complicating hint of hazelnut. Very rich and suave in the mouth, with flavors of dates, raisins and honeyed white chocolate; there’s just enough acidity here to provide lift and prevent the wine from coming across as overly sweet or flabby. Finishes velvety, suave and long. This is a standout sweet wine, but it strikes me as having less lift than the 2013 release, despite having 7.8 grams per liter of total acidity to buffer its 200 grams of residual sugar. (Ian d’Agata)

A rich and mouthwatering dessert wine, with expressive baked peach, nectarine pâte de fruit, green tea, meringue and candied ginger flavors. There’s real drive to this wine, and the fruit and spice notes ring out on the long finish. Drink now through 2027.

“Il Mille e una Notte è un vino da favola… l’annata 2000 di questo grande Nero d’Avola è uno dei migliori rossi degustati in Sicilia quest’anno, e si aggiudica di slancio i Tre Bicchieri. Unisce potenza, concentrazione e ricchezza di frutto da un lato, con una finezza spettacolare, un superbo equilibrio ed una freschezza espressiva che ne fanno un vero fuoriclasse. Mai dominato dal legno, offre un ricco corredo di sfumature balsamiche e speziate, ed una persistenza aromatica fuori del comune.

“…a blackish ruby with potent and expansive black currant and blackberry fruit, graphite, and tar on its nose and palate, and rich, solid, and very sustained flavors, good for an other dozen years of excellent drinking.” Daniel Thomases