Wines from Malvasia delle Lipari

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Cantine Florio 2003 Malvasia Bianca (Malvasia delle Lipari)

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A beautifully amber wine with generous notes of dried apricot, raisin and melted honey that slide down silky smooth. Thick, syrupy and sticky, this passito delivers that much needed sugar rush at the end of a satisfying meal. — M.L. (2/1/2006)

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Cantine Florio 2008 Malvasia (Malvasia delle Lipari)

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This passito dessert wine from the island of Lipari delivers a deep amber color, with bright aromas of resin, caramel, butterscotch, candied fruit, chestnut and honey. The mouthfeel is rich, syrupy and very sweet. — M.L. (7/1/2012)

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Fenech 2004 Passito White (Malvasia delle Lipari)

Here's a luscious, succulent passito with layers of maple syrup, honey, marzipan, toast and white stone. It's creamy and sweet in the mouth with copperish reflections but ends on a crisp, clean note. — M.L. (7/1/2006)

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Colosi 2007 Passito di Salina 375ml Malvasia (Malvasia delle Lipari)

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Made with sweetly fragrant Malvasia grapes from the tiny island of Salina off the northern coast of Sicily, this Passito dessert wine opens with all the intensity you’d expect of sunny southern Italy. The wine sports a luminous amber color and aromas of candied fruit or orange rind, dried mint, touches of root beer and even a hint of white licorice. — M.L. (12/31/2010)

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