Cantine Florio Marsala Superiore Dry Vecchioflorio Bottle:12 Opening with a fragrant array

Opening with a fragrant array of gooseberries

ginger and chalky minerals

The palate is assuredly rich and round with blackberry and dark plum-pastry flavors

it tastes even better than it looks

Cantine Florio Marsala Superiore Dry Vecchioflorio Bottle:12 Opening with a fragrant arrayThe Florio Winery was founded in 1833 by Vincenzo Florio and his family of entrepreneurs. In the past the family always had great success businesses such as tuna fisheries, a shipping company, foundries and a ceramics factory. Their triumphs even lead to a car race called Targa Florio being named after them. The winery had a hard start taking 20 years to turn profit, but their successes were heard loud and clear in 1998 when ILLVA S. P. A bought it,