Vanilla & caramel
Dark berries
Cherry
Oak

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Pellegrino Marsala Fine S/Dry

Name: Pellegrino Marsala Fine S/Dry
SKU: 140634
Price: 29.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · Italy · 13%

$29.99each

What it tastes like

Dried fig · caramel · nutty finish

Pellegrino Marsala Fine 750ml is a classic Sicilian fortified wine with nutty and dried fruit character. Medium sweet style offers versatility for cooking and drinking. Smooth, warming and traditional. Buy Marsala Fine online in NZ now.

Vanilla & caramel
Dark berries
Cherry
Oak

Additional information

Wine
Style: Italy
Origin: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Pellegrino Marsala Fine S/Dry

Marsala is named for a port on Sicily's west coast. The Liverpool merchant John Woodhouse discovered the wine there in 1773 and began producing it in quantity in 1796. Pellegrino was founded in the city of Marsala in 1880 by Paolo Pellegrino, a notary and vine grower, and it is one of only a few of the original nineteenth-century Marsala houses still run by the family. Today it farms about 150 hectares, including vineyards on the island of Pantelleria.

Marsala earned its DOC in 1969, and the rules sort the wines by age and sweetness. Fine is the entry tier and must be aged for at least a year. Semisecco, the semi-dry style, carries between 41 and 100 grams of residual sugar per litre, so it is clearly sweet without being syrupy. White Marsala is made from Sicilian grapes such as Grillo, Inzolia, Catarratto and Damaschino, and the fortified wine has a nutty, dried fruit character.

In the kitchen, Marsala is the base for chicken Marsala, and sweeter styles go into zabaglione and tiramisu. This semi-dry bottle is flexible enough to do both. It can also be served in a small glass after dinner with almonds, dried figs or a wedge of hard cheese.