Ben Ryè DOC Donnafugata

Type: Naturally Sweet White - Doc Passito di Pantelleria Grapes: Trained in the extremely low bush customary on Pantelleria, planted in depressions and pruned short. Planting density: 2,500 vines per hectare (1,012 an acre) and production of about 4 tons per hectare (1.78 an acre). Volcanic terrain that is extremely loose and rich in minerals. Descriptione: The wine displays its extraordinary personality and depth from the beginning with its color, a bright amber yellow. After the first, intense notes of apricots and peaches, the bouquet ranges through a labyrinth of sweet sensations of dried figs and honey, herbs and mineral notes. The wine is impressive on the palate because of its outstanding complexity resulting from a fusing of sweetness, sapidity and softness. A prolonged finish with the harmonious resurgence of the aromas. Food matches: A great sipping wine, perfect with herbed cheeses, foie gras and the superb sweet preparations of the Sicilian tradition. The wine should be tasted with gianduia in the realm of chocolate or at dessert with dried fruit or almond paste. Two recipes: Baked confectionery with ricotta cheese, raisins, candied fruit and flakes of chocolate. Herbed cheeses like the Blu del Moncenisio. Extraordinary alone as a sipping wine or as an accompaniment for memorable convivial occasions. Serve: In slight-bellied tulip-shaped goblets of medium size; uncork at the moment of serving. Excellent at 14° C. (57° F.).