Marco De Bartoli named his first wine Vecchio Samperi in honour of Contrada Samperi, on the outskirts of Marsala, whose arid land, rich in limestone and ...

A 'marsala' of mind-bending proportions, the Vecchio Samperi was the first wine that Marco produced, and pays homage to the oldest known style of marsala ...

At the family baglio in Samperi district, Marsala, wine is made for two centuries. Here Marco goes back to the origins of marsala and makes Vecchio Samperi.

It is golden amber in color, smells a bit like vermouth, tastes surprisingly acidic but smooth. Would be best to balance very sweet pastries.

Marco De Bartoli is considered one of Sicily's winemaking pioneers for his longstanding commitment to the native white grape varieties, Grillo and Zibibbo; from ...

100% Grillo. From organically farmed estate vines in the Samperi contrada of Marsala, picked the earliest of all for De Bartoli's "... Italy.

The di Bartoli estate is actually two wineries, the original family estate that Marco resurrected in Samperi on the western end of Sicily, and a newer one ...

Vecchio Samperi · Marco De Bartoli. Family roots · Wine tourism · Samperi

It's fiercely traditional in its vinification and aging (via perpetuum, the Italian equivalent of solera), yet it's finely balanced and much lower in alcohol ...

The result is a very special wine that drinks somewhere between Sherry and Madeira, with notes of nuts, dried fruit, spice, caramel, and mandarin orange.