Epokale was the first Italian white wine to be awarded 100 points by Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. This wine contradicts the classic idea of a South Tyrolean<br />Gewürztraminer, redefines boundaries and impressively shows what this great variety is capable of.<br />Mild temperatures in spring brought about an early start of vegetation. The summer months were decidedly sunny and dry. Cool nights ensured that the physiological<br />ripeness could nevertheless develop in a balanced way. Thanks to a cool September, the ripening process was delayed so that an excellent harvest with optimally ripened<br />grapes took place. The elegant white wines show a pronounced juiciness, variety of aromas and depth, the intense reds offer plenty of fruit and character.<br /><br />Grape variety: Gewürztraminer<br />Yield: 29 hl/hectare<br />Altitude: 420 - 440 m<br />Exposure: south-east<br />Harvest: End of October<br />Soil: calcareous gravel with clay soil, subsoil rocks of porphyry<br />Age of the vines: oldest Guyot stock, from over 20 years to almost 30 years old<br />Climate: extreme interplay between sunny days dominated by the Mediterranean climate and night hours dominated by cold downdrafts from the surrounding mountains<br />

Marsala Dolce Superiore 2017<br /><br />TYPE: Fortified Wine<br />CLASSIFICATION: DOC Marsala Superiore Dolce<br />YEAR OF FORTIFICATION: 2017<br />HARVEST: Manual harvest, from mid-September, of over-ripened grapes on the vine, to build a grape with a high and ripe sugar and polyphenol content<br />VINIFICATION: Energetic extraction forces come into play through the use of the traditional wine press to create musts loaded with colour, high dry extracts and extreme<br />marine flavour. Fermentation in cement, punctuated by continuous micro-oxygenation, which continues into post-fermentation, preparing the wine for the encounter with<br />alcohol, to initiate the first 'act of giving DOC Marsala'.<br />INNAMORATION: Encounter between wine, siphon (grape must giving DOC Marsala mutated - i.e. whose fermentation has been stopped - added with ethyl alcohol of vine<br />origin), cooked must and a small percentage of alcohol<br />AGING METHOD: 4 years. A well-balanced and pleasant Marsala, the oenological synthesis of a journey among oak woods of many shapes and sizes in the greatness of<br />the Florio Cellars<br />ALCOHOL CONTENT: 18% vol (36 PROOF)<br />SUGAR CONTENT: 108 g/l<br />ANGEL'S SHARE: 7%<br />SERVING TEMPERATURE: 14° - 16°C<br />GASTRONOMIC MATCHES: Dark chocolate<br />METHOD OF STORAGE: In a cool, not excessively humid place, protected from light<br />DURATION: Marsala that, if stored in suitable cellars, has<br />practically no time limits<br />NUMBER OF BOTTLES PRODUCED: 13.833<br />