Description
These classic versions of semi-dry Marsala Superiore Riserva differ in the way they’ve aged and because of the addition of “mistella”, unlike Vecchio Samperi, that is unfortified. Both vintages, the younger 2009 and the more austere and older 1987 – which remind us the years they have been fortified – with their character, take us back to sensations and emotions of older times.
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Details
Serve at:
10 - 12 °C.
Longevity:
15 - 25 years

Pairings
- Start up year: 1980
- Oenologist: Renato e Sebastiano De Bartoli
- Bottles produced: 250.000
- Hectares: 25
Marco De Bartoli has signs of these every day fights, but he has won against all odds, with the tenacious, stubborn conviction of being right, and in order to demonstrate it, he speaks a lot, as it is common in Sicily, not to speak about himself, but to allow me to drink: here it is his greatest evidence.
Today he has a family of which he is proud of: Renato and Sebastiano, sons, are quite adults, while Josephine, the younger daughter, inherited the name of his great-grandmother, of French origins. Read more


Name | Marco De Bartoli Marsala Superiore Riserva Oro 0.5L 2009 |
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Type | White fortified wine dessert wine |
Denomination | Marsala DOC |
Vintage | 2009 |
Size | 0,50 l |
Alcohol content | 18.5% by volume |
Grape varieties | 100% Grillo |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Vendor | Marco De Bartoli |
Origin | Western Sicily, Contrada Samperi, Marsala (TP) |
Soil composition | Flat, medium-textured calcareous-sandy soil. |
Cultivation system | Guyot trellis |
Plants per hectare | 3,500 vines per hectare |
Harvest | Manual harvesting in small crates, last ten days of September. Manual selection of grapes. |
Wine making | Soft pressing of grapes, natural sedimentation, traditional fermentation in oak and chestnut barrels at room temperature. Part of the must is enriched with brandy for the preparation of mistella, which will be added to the wine. |
Aging | 14 years in oak barrels of various sizes. |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |