Florio Morsi di Luce Passito di Pantelleria

In the glass

Aroma: apricot, orange blossom, honey, dried fig

Palate: candied citrus, dried apricot, honey, almond

Morsi di Luce (bites of light) is Florio's Passito di Pantelleria: sun-dried Zibibbo grapes from Pantelleria producing a sweet, honeyed wine with apricot and orange blossom aromatics.

What it pairs with

• Sicilian cannoli al cioccolato
  Honeyed apricot sweetness complements the chocolate and ricotta filling of the cannoli.
• Granita di mandorla (almond granita)
  The wine's honeyed citrus notes pair naturally with the sweet almond ices of western Sicily.
• Fresh fruit tarts
  Orange blossom and candied citrus notes are a lovely match for fresh stone-fruit tarts.

History

Cantine Florio extended its portfolio to Pantelleria in the late 1990s, producing a passito from Zibibbo under the Morsi di Luce label. The wine uses sun-dried grapes from the alberello pantesco trained vines on Pantelleria's volcanic soils, providing Florio's take on Sicily's most celebrated sweet wine appellation.

1. 1999 — First Morsi di Luce Passito di Pantelleria vintage

Facts

Producer

Cantine Florio

Grapes

Zibibbo

Classification

Passito di Pantelleria DOC

Oak

No oak; stainless steel maturation

ABV

14.5%

Price

€18-30 at retail

Drinking window

3-15 from vintage

First vintage

1999

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