About this product
Italy's rarest passito; sun-dried Bosco and Albarola from cliff-edge terraces — amber-golden with intense dried apricot, orange peel, beeswax, and a distinctive saline mineral finish from the Mediterranean clifftop position
Pairing intelligence
complement
Saline, honeyed Sciacchetra with crystalline aged Parmesan and chestnut honey — one of Italy's greatest aged cheese pairings
classic
cheese
contrast
Rare sweet wine and powerful blue cheese — the contrast of briny-sweet Sciacchetra against Gorgonzola Naturale is stunning
classic
cheese
complement
The wine's candied citrus and honey complexity resonates with the sweet ricotta and orange in the iconic pastry
established
dessert
complement
The wine's dried fruit and Mediterranean herb character echo the fig and almond in the Ligurian holiday confection
suggested
dessert