The estate's 2005 Passito di Malvasia Gravisano offers up candied orange peel, sweet spices and dried flowers in a mid-weight, slightly oxidative style that recalls Vin Santo. Truffles, spicecake and exotic Malvasia fruit wrap round the finish. The Gravisano is a modestly sweet dessert wine with 140 grams per liter of residual sugar. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2016.
Quality at Botromagno has increased and become more consistent across the board since consulting oenologist Alberto Antonini arrived two years ago.
A Leonardo Lo Cascio Selection, Winebow, Montvale, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620