TYPE: Fortified wine CLASSIFICATION: DOC Marsala Vergine Riserva HARVEST: Manual harvesting, starting in mid-September, of over-ripened grapes on the vine, to build a grape with a high and ripe sugar and polyphenol content VINIFICATION: Energetic extraction forces come into play through the use of the traditional wine press to create musts loaded with colour, high dry extracts and extreme marine flavour. Fermentation in cement, punctuated by continuous micro-oxygenation, which continues into post-fermentation, preparing the wine for the encounter with alcohol, to initiate the first 'act of giving DOC Marsala'. ENJOYMENT: Encounter between wine and a small percentage of ethyl alcohol of viticultural origin AGEING METHOD: 18 years. Marsala Vergine, aged in a small oak barrel for 18 years, has its roots in the Cantina Florio, 143 metres from the sea ALCOHOL CONTENT: 19% vol (38 PROOF) SUGAR CONTENT: 1g/l, due to the presence of residual sugar in the wine ANGEL'S SHARE: 33%. SERVING TEMPERATURE: 14° - 16°C METHOD OF STORAGE: In a cool, not excessively humid place, protected from light DURATION: Marsala that, if kept in suitable cellars, has practically no time limits NUMBER OF BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2.533