Collection Icon Wines: Wine with a unique personality, icons of excellence
One of the most appreciated sweet Italian wines in the world. Ben Ryé 2016 offers an extraordinary rich bouquet with outstanding aromas obtained from the dried grapes: apricots and candied orange peel. It presents delicate hints of Mediterranean macchia.
Bottle of 750ml
Very elegant, original and important cardboard package.
Sicilian bubbles for great occasions! This sparkling wine collects awards at international level, most recently the 2018 Gold Medal at the Bordeaux World Competition Les Cittadelles Du Vin.
Winery: Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo.
In this wine there is the story of King Ferdinand IV of Bourbon and of the Real Casina di Caccia di Ficuzza. Here, in the 1800s, the sovereign kept his own wine, produced with grapes from the vineyards located around the Ficuzza estate.
Davide and Antonio, the brothers who manage this winery, wanted to imagine what the wine drunk could be like in the times of the King, thus giving birth to Salealto, a "vin de terroir", obtained from Insolia, Grillo and Zibibbo grapes in equal parts, before vinified separately and then aged together.
Soleggiato is a more unique than rare perpetual wine. It is produced through exposure to the sun of Moscato Bianco grapes that grow in the wonderful Marabino vineyards in Val Di Noto.
Its production defies every oenological rule, in fact, after the fermentation of the sun-dried grapes, this wine is transferred to steel tanks containing perpetual wines from other harvests. After this processing it is exposed to the sun in Demigiane for about a year, and finally it is bottled.
A very long process from which this perpetual Sicilian wine is born which stands out from the others because it is not the usual sweet wine at the end of a meal, but indeed, thanks to its freshness, it is an aperitif or meal wine, where the Moscato, which gains complexity thanks to the oxidative process.
The Cru of Casa Milazzo. Obtained from various Chardonnay vines from the Milazzo winery harvested on 25 August 2004.
It was aged for more than a year in oak barriques and bottled in July 2006.
Furthermore, only just over 12,000 bottles were produced, where it remained in refinement for over 6 months before being released on the market.
Vintage: 2004
The Valpolicella region, located in the suggestive hilly landscape of the Veneto region, is famous for the production of fine wines, and one of its jewels is the 2021 dry white wine of the Quintarelli Winery.
The white wines of Valpolicella stand out for their elegance and freshness, and this wine represents the essence of this elegance, with its aromatic complexity and vibrant freshness that recalls the surrounding area, offering a unique sensory experience.
Vintage: 2021
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