{"title":"Marco De Bartoli | Wines of Marsala","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarco De Bartoli was a natural wine producer from the Marsala region of \u003ca href=\"\/en-it\/collections\/sicily\"\u003eSicily\u003c\/a\u003e, whose wines are now released still under his name and legacy from his family. Marco De Bartoli is somewhat of a pioneer in the Marsala region, famed for bringing back the ORIGINAL Marsala wine technique, using a Solera system - and totally different from the British style fortified Marsala wine found across the world today (the majority of which is used solely for cooking, interestingly) \u003c\/p\u003e Marco De Bartoli also operate plots of Zibbibo on the island of Pantelleria, where Gabrio Bini also makes his iconic wines.","products":[{"product_id":"marco-de-battoli-vecchio-samperi-marsala","title":"Marco de Bartoli - Vecchio Samperi Marsala","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\" color:\u003eINCREDIBLE (REAL) MARSALA wine, before Marsala was famous. This is not fortified...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\" color:\u003eText below from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\" https:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\" color:\u003eDavid Bowler Wine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100% Grillo. Vecchio Samperi was Marco De Bartoli’s first wine, first commercially released in 1980. It was his homage to the oldest form of marsala wine. Called\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003estravecchio\u003c\/em\u003e, this original style was \u003cstrong\u003emade by the \u003cem\u003eperpetuo \u003c\/em\u003emethod, in other words a solera system... and without fortification (a technique introduced later as the influence of port, madeira and sherry made its way to Sicily).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the modern marsala industry got away from this time-and-labor-intensive aging, Marco's priority was the restoration of it, along with the quality and reputation of the wines of Marsala wine overall. He named the wine for the Samperi contrada, the zone in Marsala where the family estate lies, thus tying the wine directly to its\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eterroir,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ea completely absent concept in modern-day Marsala. Vecchio Samperi is emphatically\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003enot\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efortified, which is almost unheard of and which in fact disqualifies it from the Marsala DOC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with all of De Bartoli's marsala wines, the only grape used is Grillo, grown sustainably and harvested by hand on the sandy limestone soils of the De Bartoli estat in Samperi. The wine is fermented with natural yeasts and aged in variously sized oak vats; about 5% of the total volume of wine is replaced with wine from the new vintage each year. The average age of the wine in solera is 15 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs noted above, Vecchio Samperi is unfortified and is nearly dry at 12 grams\/liter of residual sugar; its fine acidity balances the little bit of sweetness exquisitely. The 16.5% alcohol level is modest for a marsala.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine is relatively light in body, highly aromatic and long, nutty and salty on the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\" color:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MORE Natural Wine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36836115316897,"sku":"MORE1524NAT","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0221\/6407\/8692\/products\/Marco-de-Bartoli-Vecchio-Samperi.png?v=1670532180"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0221\/6407\/8692\/collections\/orange-wine-tasting_6c169477-90a0-4e85-9709-e052281c7dba.jpg?v=1718865735","url":"https:\/\/morenaturalwine.com\/en-it\/collections\/marco-de-bartoli.oembed","provider":"MORE Natural Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}