Marco de Bartoli, Marsala Oro Vigna La Miccia, Sicily, Italy, 2018

Overview of the Wine
The winery is twelve kilometers far from Marsala, in that land of Sicily that is great in every and all representations, for better or for worse; hard land of hard men, of families settled on the territory. 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. He is proud of his origin too, as his father produced wine as well. He renovated the wine cellar not only with taste and humility, but with the pride and the awareness of having achieved what he hoped: his wines have multiplied and – beyond Vecchio Samperi, that it exists in its 10, 20, 30 and 40 years version (of the last series only 250 bottles, without price, only to the privileged of God) – he now produces: Marsala Superiore Twenty years, Josephine Doré, an easier to drink Inzolia, (the younger part of Vecchio Samperi that is, obviously, aged with the Soleras method), Josephine Rouge, sweet red from Pignatello grapes and, at last, Moscato Passito of Pantelleria, from Muscat grapes of the cru estate Bukkuram, meaning in Arabic “father of the vineyard” to indicate the best place to produce raisins.

When you hang out with Marco De Bartoli, you discover he is powerful and kind, with his curl short-hair, he smiles and you realize that he perfectly knows which are, in life and in winemaking, the true values.

Natural

Winemaker
Marco De Bartoli

Grape / Blend
100% Grillo

Origin
Sicily, Italy

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Marco gave birth to a new style of marsala by marrying tradition with new methods of winemaking. An innovative semi-dry marsala, Vigna La Miccia, was born in 1985. It offered all the personality of a marsala wine in a more subtle, elegant version.

Marsala Superiore Oro Vigna la Miccia pairs perfectly with all sorts of dishes: pumpkin-filled pasta, soft and blue cheeses, foie gras, prawns as well as with dessert. Serve at room temperature or slightly chilled (14-16 °C, that is about 57-61 °F).

Product size: 500ml