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Kabir Moscato Passito di Pantelleria DOC wine — Donnafugata winery — Dionysus
SweetPassito di Pantelleria

Kabir Moscato Passito di Pantelleria DOC

by Donnafugata · Sicily, Italy

AppellationPassito di Pantelleria
TypeSweet
GrapesZibibbo
Alcohol11.5%
SweetnessSweet
ColourWhite
Colour depthMedium
BodyMedium-bodied
Serve at12 °C
Bottled in0.75 l
DonnafugataSicily, Italy

About this wine

Vinification

The grapes are harvested at full ripeness from 1 to 10 September, by which time they have developed a golden hue. After gentle pressing, the wine ferments in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks.

Ageing

The wine rests in bottle for at least four months before release.

Label / history

Kabir takes its name from the Arabic word for “great.” Donnafugata means “woman in flight” in Italian, referring to the legend of Queen Maria Carolina, who fled Naples and took refuge in a palace in a town at the heart of the Santa Margherita Belice valley. The story inspired the windblown woman’s head depicted on many Donnafugata labels.

The Rallo family had produced wine in Sicily for 150 years when it established Donnafugata as a more modern winery.