Gorgeous and syrupy, this Passito dessert wine made with aromatic Moscato grapes is beautifully fragrant with ripe apricot, honey, peach and white almond. It’s smooth, soft, rich and leaves a long candied fruit aftertaste.——M.L.(12/15/2011)—— 93

Villa Monticelli Passito represents one of the best dessert wines to come from Umbria, central Italy. Made from air-dried grapes, the wine sports a amber-copper color and opens with syrupy aromas of white raisins, candied fruit, honey and loads of apricot.——M.L.(12/31/2010)—— 92

With a deep amber color and luminous copper highlights, this Moscato-based dessert wine from central Italy boasts pretty aromas of caramel, chestnut honey, pinecone and candied orange. There are well-integrated toasted or nutty notes in the background. It’s a full and sophisticated wine with a masculine, brooding personality and lightly candied fruit on the close. ——M.L.(12/15/2008)—— 91

Luminous and amber-colored, here is a dessert wine made from fragrant Moscato grapes that were intentionally left to over-ripen both on the vine and on drying mats. This process helps develop deeply etched notes of honey, dried flowers and nuts. The wine is creamy and smooth with well-balanced acidity. ——M.L.(2/1/2007)—— 90