Vecchi Samperi - Marco De Bartoli

Vecchio Samperi - Marco De Bartoli

The Vecchio Samperi by Marco De Bartoli is a legendary wine that reflects the tradition of the territory. Produced with white grapes from old vineyards located in the historic Contrada Samperi, where the old sapling vines, planted between 1970 and 1996, are rooted on a flat sandy and limestone soil, exposed to the winds coming from the sea. In the cellar the grapes are fermented spontaneously in old wooden barrels. Every year, for over twenty years, the barrels are filled with new wine for about 5%, according to the traditional perpetual method. It is a historical Marsala, as it was done before the advent of the English and therefore the use of the mistella. The color is golden yellow with an elegant and deep nose that opens on brackish notes, with the caper, dried fruit and walnut husk highlighted. The mouth is warm, enveloping and fresh. Infinity. Masterpiece.

Service

Let's taste the Vecchio Samperi at a temperature of 12/14 ° in Ballon glasses. The Vecchio Samperi Ventennale is to drink at once but also expresses its best in a few years and it is advisable to keep it in a horizontal position in a fresh, humid and dark cellar.

Pairing

To taste with seasoned cheeses, to try with the dry pastry, excellent with the chocolate shades of orange candy.

Cellar: Marco De Bartoli

We cannot speak of Marco De Bartoli without associating his name with his wonderful Vecchio Samperi. In fact, it was he who led the rebirth of this wine for decades put in purgatory and associated with the worst names. Marco was a volcano, a dreamer, he liked to talk, and with anyone he spoke he told about his beautiful Sicily, about his wine and got very angry when he thought about the end that he had made this wine. Since 2011, the company has been run by the sons Renato, Sebio and Giuseppina who carry out the project started by Marco with love and passion. The vineyards are located 12 km from Marsala and on the island of Pantelleria, in the Bukkuram district, which in Arabic means father of the vineyard. The cultivated vines are only native Sicilian; from Grillo, to Zibibbo raised in Pantelleria and used for the passito and the Bukkuram line. De Bartoli's wines tell of his land, his thousand projects, his tenacity and his will to win on all fronts.