Syracuse Passito wine DOP - Silenòs

Syracuse Passito wine Silenòs D.O.P.

Color: golden yellow more or less intense amber;
Odour: characteristic, fragrant muscat;
Taste: characteristic from dry to sweet;
Grade: Minimum total alcoholic strength by volume: 16.50% Vol at least 13% Vol held; 
Acidity: minimum total acidity 4 g / l;
Extract: dry extract at least 18 g / l.

Visual test: Clear, bright, crystal, golden, lightly amber coloured.

Olfactory test: Fresh, fine and delicate scent, expresses the characteristic muscat aroma, together with sweet flowery scent of orange blossom and jasmine with a final touch of honey.

Gustative test: Direct, harmonious, pleasant, with a strong alcholic strenght and a right amount of sugar left so as, none is more than the other. The taste of orange-blossom honey and the date come out with delicacy together with other essences on the pleasant taste typical of muscat wine.Well structured, it is an invitation to drink, to go over again  these sweet sensations.

Aging: Passito compared to Moscato, Already as a young exhibits a greater organoleptic complexity of the three components. An excellent dessert wine, always presents considerable freshness of the nose and drink, while as the years went developed a greater complexity of aromas and flavors that make it rise to a great sipping wine.

Suggestion: It is a white, aromatic, sweet dessert wine, to drink preferably fresh, at around the 10°¸s12°Cs.

Pairings :It goes well not only with Sicilian pastriers, but with all the most important and distinctive sweets. It is also a wonderful "marriage" with strong soft cheese like "gorgonzola" and so that, or with strong seasoned cheese like "pecorino" ,"caciocavallo" etc…

Please note: Upon shipment of wine and spirits are carried ONLY in Italy.