De Martino, Gallardia Old Vine White, 2020 Dessert Wine with impressively concentrated blackberry and

with impressively concentrated blackberry and plum aromas and flavours

On the palate: creamy

and keep the juice and the skins separate to prevent the latter from tinting the former

A warp in the fourth dimension

De Martino, Gallardia Old Vine White, 2020 Dessert Wine with impressively concentrated blackberry andThe immediate impression is of lemon meringue pie straight from the oven, with the zesty freshness and pillowy lightness of meringue, richness of lemon curd custard and pie crust toastiness. This is just the first impression, howeverthe wine soon unfurls to complex notes of frankincense, seasoned pine wood and beeswax. Reminiscent of a well aged dry Riesling, it is in fact made from a field blend of Moscatel and Chasselas, dry farmed on very old