Marsala (wine)

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Marsala wines

The Marsala DOC (also known as Vino Marsala or Vino di Marsala ) is a fortified wine that takes its name from the Sicilian port city of Marsala , from where it is mainly exported to England . It is partially fueled , i.e. H. fortified with alcohol, but especially the top varieties are not fortified. The wines have had a "controlled designation of origin " ( Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC) since 1969 , which was last updated on March 7, 2014.

So that the wine could survive the transport by ship, pure alcohol was added to preserve it . The Englishman John Woodhouse had previously dealt with the production of port wine and sherry and in 1773 shipped the first fortified wines from Marsala. Other important wine dynasty families were the two English families Ingham, Whitaker, and the native Florio, who were related to one another through William Ingham . Since dry white wines are in demand today, Marsala has been pushed back as a fortified wine and is of little economic importance. However, in earlier centuries he dominated the market. Only a few wine houses still maintain the tradition. The best-known example is the Cantine Florio in Trapani.

Fortified Marsala is now served as a dessert wine or used to flavor fruit salads and sweets. By adding egg yolk and sugar, the Marsala ( Marsala all'uovo - Marsala with egg ) is given a sweet and mild taste. This makes it thicker and darker. This type of marsala is served after a meal.

Cultivation

The cultivation zone includes the entire Free Municipal Consortium Trapani , except for the areas of Pantelleria , Favignana and Alcamo .

In 2017, 59,353 hectoliters of DOC wine were produced from 1612 hectares of vineyards.

generation

Samples of Marsala wines (including oro and ambergris )
Red Marsala from Sicily

The denomination allows the additional predicates Fine , Superiore , Superiore Riserva , Vergine or Soleras , Vergine Riserva or Soleras Riserva and Vergine Stravecchio or Soleras Stravecchio on the label for the fortified varieties . They can be produced and offered in the colors “oro” (gold colored), “ambra” (amber colored) or “rubino” (ruby red). The permitted grape varieties are:

  • Marsala oro and Marsala ambra : The varieties Grillo and / or Cataratto and / or Inzolia and / or Damaschino must be 100% (individually or together).
  • Marsala rubino: The following grape varieties are allowed: Perricone (also known locally as "Pignatello") and / or Nero d'Avola and / or Nerello mascalese . A maximum of 30% of the Grillo and / or Cataratto and / or Inzolia and / or Damaschino varieties may be added.

The wines can have the following names:

  • secco (dry), has less than 40 g / l residual sugar
  • semisecco or abboccato (semi-dry), contains 40–100 g / l residual sugar
  • dolce (sweet), has more than 100 g / l residual sugar.

Prescribed aging period: (in wooden barrels made of oak or cherry tree)

  • Marsala Fine : at least one year
  • Marsala Superiore : at least two years
  • Marsala Superiore Riserva : at least four years
  • Marsala Vergine or Soleras : at least five years
  • Marsala Vergine Stravecchio or Riserva : at least ten years

description

According to the denomination (excerpt):

Marsala Fine

  • Color: possible colors see above
  • Odor: characteristic
  • Taste: characteristic
  • Alcohol content: at least 17.5 % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 3.5 g / l
  • Dry extract : at least 17.0 g / l

Marsala Superiore

  • Color: possible colors see above
  • Odor: characteristic
  • Taste: characteristic
  • Alcohol content: at least 18.0 % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 3.5 g / l
  • Dry extract : at least 17.0 g / l

Marsala Vergine or Soleras

  • Color: possible colors see above
  • Odor: characteristic
  • Taste: characteristic
  • Alcohol content: at least 18.0 % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 3.5 g / l
  • Dry extract : at least 21.0 g / l
  • Total sugar content : maximum 4 g / l

literature

Web links

Commons : Marsala  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Marsala  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Disciplinari dei vini DOP e IGP italiani. (PDF) politicheagricole.it (Italian Ministry of Agriculture), November 27, 2017, accessed on June 10, 2020 (Italian, download page with all the consolidated specifications of Italian DOP and IGP wines).
  2. ↑ Steffen Maus: Italy's Wine Worlds - Wine, Vino, Wine . Gebrüder Kornmayer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-942051-18-7 .
  3. ↑ Viticulture in figures 2018. (PDF) In: VQPRD d'Italia 2018. federdoc.com, accessed on June 4, 2019 (Italian).