Cantine Pellegrino 1880 2023 Passito di Pantelleria Giardino Pantesco

A Passito di Pantelleria from Cantine Pellegrino, made from Zibibbo grapes dried in the sun on the island of Pantelleria. Golden and amber, almost luminous in the glass. The nose gives dried and candied fruit, dried apricot and dried fig. On the palate it is sweet but never cloying, with body and savouriness that lengthen the finish. Pellegrino, a historic Pantelleria winery since 1880, doses the concentrated honey, date and dried apricot character without slipping into cloying sweetness. It gains in complexity with a few years in the cellar. Pairs with almond based desserts and ancient Sicilian desserts such as cassata, or with blue cheeses, or on its own at the end of a meal.