Vecchio Samperi

This is a special wine from the winery of Marco de Bortoli, who is famous for his Marsalas. I had previously blogged about dry Marsala before and I was able to taste both a sweet version as well as this dry Vecchio Samperi at the Wine Fair this year. The experience was all the better for having Sebastiano from the winery introduce the wines.

The 10 yr old Marsala Superiore was a golden orange with a nutty sherry nose. The palate was sweet and nutty with the nutty and dried fruit notes forming a good structural backbone. As for the Vecchio Samperi (which was aged 20 years in a solera system), the wine was a golden orange colour with a similar nutty sherry nose. The palate was dry nutty (also with hints of dried fruits) with a touch of acid, and this time the nuttiness was not enough to cover the acid backbone. Nice!