Sommelier Wine Awards 2013 – Silver Medal for Zibibbo 2011 and Marsala Superiore Riserva
With an intensely aromatic nose of flowers, apricots and smoke, Winetec’s Tim Wildman MW noted ‘lots of character, with grassy, mineral and herbal notes on a mid-weight palate’. Partner with scallops.
Curatolo Arini, Marsala Superiore Riserva, NV, Sicily, Italy
While Morgan Vanderkamer of Butlers Wharf Chop House noted the fresh, hazelnut, toasted almond, vanilla, caramel, popcorn and macadamia nut flavours, team leader Richard Bampfield MW said: ‘With its lovely medium-dry to dry palate, this is crisp pure and elegant. Very good.’
Curatolo Arini, Zibibbo, 2011, Sicily, Italy
With an intensely aromatic nose of flowers, apricots and smoke, Winetec’s Tim Wildman MW noted ‘lots of character, with grassy, mineral and herbal notes on a mid-weight palate’. Partner with scallops.
Curatolo Arini, Marsala Superiore Riserva, NV, Sicily, Italy
While Morgan Vanderkamer of Butlers Wharf Chop House noted the fresh, hazelnut, toasted almond, vanilla, caramel, popcorn and macadamia nut flavours, team leader Richard Bampfield MW said: ‘With its lovely medium-dry to dry palate, this is crisp pure and elegant. Very good.’
