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Fuente de Piedra

Red · Medium-sweet

Vermouth Málaga Virgen

Bodegas Málaga Virgen

Fuente de Piedra , España

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Overall impression

Vermouth Málaga Virgen is the vermouth from Bodegas Málaga Virgen (Finca Vista Hermosa, Fuente de Piedra, Málaga), aromatic sweet wine made from sweet wines with ten years' average age, enriched with artemisia genus plant substances: sandalwood, Ceylon cinnamon, angelica, coriander, Florentine iris, cassia, gentian, elderflower and carob, among others. Pedro Ximénez, Muscat and Syrah grapes. Amber colour with orange reflections; aromas of aged Málaga wines with muscat, orange, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, wax, incense and balsamic notes; sweet-bitter balance and long finish per official sheet. 15% vol., ~150 g/l reducing sugars, 75 cl. For Vermutpedia, Málaga Virgen represents D.O. Málaga vermouth in traditional key: sweet solera, artemisia and wine aperitivo.

Nose and palate

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How to serve it

The winery defines it as wine aperitivo stimulating appetite: neat, with ice and orange peel, or mixed with soda. Serve very cold in balloon glass or low tumbler; the «La hora del vermouth» pack includes tasting glasses for aperitivo ritual. Pairs with olives, cheeses, nuts and Málaga tapas. Gentle treatments in production: natural precipitates may appear.

Production context

Bodegas Málaga Virgen makes vermouth with sweet wines of ten years' average age (PX, Muscat, Syrah from Finca Vista Hermosa), wine alcohol, rectified concentrated must, natural aromas and artemisia botanicals with minimal treatments. 15% vol., 75 cl. For Vermutpedia, Vermouth Málaga Virgen synthesises historic Málaga winery vermouth: PX-Muscat-Syrah, artemisia and sheet at bodegasmalagavirgen.com.

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