Posted on 09/04/2015
Felicitous advance news from the prestigious Gambero Rosso Italian Wine Guide 2016, which has announced the Three Wineglasses awarded to Sicily. 20 wines have been assigned the top award, which distinguishes the best of the wines tasted by Gambero Rosso’s experts. Among them is one Florio’s best-loved marsala wines, Targa Riserva 1840, a superior reserve semi-dry marsala that still reflects the characteristics of the historic Riserva Florio created in 1840. Produced exclusively with Grillo grapes grown on the Marsala coast, Targa Riserva 1840 ages for at least five years in oak barrels, which gives it its characteristic brilliant amber colour with delicate topaz highlights. Its intense bouquet contains distinct notes of dates, apricots and stewed prunes, while the full-bodied, velvety flavour reveals an elegant finish of dried fruit that makes it perfect as a meditation or dessert wine, but also as an unusual aperitif served cold and paired with blue cheeses such as Gorgonzola. A tribute to Florio’s tradition and always innovative spirit, but above all an important recognition by Gambero Rosso of one of the great Made in Italy products, marsala. A wine with historic beginnings encapsulating a spark of modernity that will amaze you!
Three Wineglasses in Sicily
Cerasuolo di Vittoria Cl. Dorilli ’13 – Planeta
Cerasuolo di Vittoria Cl. Giambattista Valli Paris ’11 – Feudi del Pisciotto
Contea di Sclafani Riserva del Conte ’10 – Tasca d’Almerita
Etna Bianco A’ Puddara ’13 – Tenuta di Fessina
Etna Rosso Arcurìa ’13 – Graci
Etna Rosso Calderara Sottana ’13 – Tenuta delle Terre Nere
Etna Rosso San Lorenzo ’13 – Girolamo Russo
Etna Rosso V. Barbagalli ’12 – Pietradolce
Etna Rosso Zottorinotto Ris. ’11 – Cottanera
Faro ’13 – Le Casematte
Harmonium ’13 – Firriato
Lorlando ’14 – Alliata
Marsala Sup. Semisecco Targa 1840 ’04 Ris. – Florio
Sicilia Bianco Maggiore ’14 – Rallo
Sicilia Deliella ’13 – Feudo Principe di Butera
Sicilia Nero d’Avola Saia ’13 – Feudo Maccari
Sicilia Noà ’13 – Cusumano
Sicilia Rosso Ramione ’13 – Baglio di Pianetto
Tancredi ’11 – Donnafugata
Timperosse Mandrarossa ’14 – Settesoli