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Pantelleria passito's sweet wine
by Paola Pagani (Bar Business)
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Summary
- Flavours and Aromas of Pantelleria
- The Art of the Passito
- The Legend
- No Longer just a Wine for Connoisseur
- A Sommelier's Choice
- Cooking with the Passito
- Distribution and Promotions
Flavours and aromas of Pantelleria
The passito of Pantelleria is an excellent wine, that has experienced a decrease in
production in the past year. But it has mantained a good turnover.
Pantelleria’s passito wine is among the more sophisticated traditional wines made in Italy.
The island sun and the Mediterranean climate give this wine a sweet and fruity
flavour and a distinct amber colour. It goes well with desserts, as well as hard
or spicy cheeses. Wine experts define it as a “meditational” wine
due to the indescribable sensations that it provokes.
The art of the Passito
A small island in the south of Sicily, Pantelleria is world famous for its Moscato,
a doc wine produced using the Zibibbo, one of the muscat grapes.
Although all Moscato are a very fine sweet dessert wines, the Pantelleria's Passito is
one of a special quality.
The Passito is the result of a special technique used by Italian winemakers.
The freshly picked grapes are hungin bunches so that they can partially dry. This process eliminates much of the grape's water and concentrates its sugar and flavor components.
According to factors as temperature and season, the drying time can vary from several weeks to several
months (in a cool ventilated room). During this process the grapes crush and fermentation
begins.
The high sugar content raises the alcohol level of the wine and still
end up with enough residual sugar to make these wines fairly sweet.
The Legend and the Origin
The Passito Wine recipe was invented by Punicians and introduced in the Pantelleria's
Island for Magone, a famous general from Carthage.
But around the Passito there's a legend that brings this sweet wine origin back to the Greek Gods Olympus.
It is told that the goddess Tanit fell in love for Apollo. To conquer the most
powerful of gods, Tanit offered him some ambrosia, and he immediately fell in
love for her. The ambrosia she offered was a cup of Pantelleria sweet wine.
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