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2006-12-20 08:16:19 · 7 answers · asked by ALICE M 1 in Food & Drink Beer, Wine & Spirits

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Marsala wine fortified with ethyl alcohol

2006-12-20 08:19:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Marsala wine is a bit more complex than it is just fortified with ethyl alcohol. The wine is a blended from a variety of wine grapes including white (Grillo, Catarratto, Inzolia and Damaschino for golden and amber Marsala) and red (Pignatello, Calabrese, Nerello Mascalese, Nero d'Avola for ruby red Marsala). The wine is then placed into a keg to age and then subsequent years with similarly tasting wines are blended into the first wine. This is the "solera" tradition, where the liquid is drawn from the bottom of the keg (the oldest wine) and the keg is refilled with the vintage from the next keg up. This keeps the taste of the wine the same throughout the cycle.

There are different types of Marsala wine based upon the age.
Fine - 17% alcohol, aged at least 1 year
Superior - 18% alcohol, aged at least 2 years
Superior Reserve - !8% alcohol, aged at least 4 years
Vergine Soleras - 18% alcohol, aged at least 5 years.

2006-12-20 16:34:03 · answer #2 · answered by Christopher L 3 · 0 0

Marsala is the name for a wine produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily. Marsala wine has Denominazione di origine controllata, or DOC, status.

While the city's natives sometimes drink "vintage" Marsala, the wine produced for export is universally a fortified wine. Marsala wine was originally fortified with ethyl alcohol to ensure that it would last long ocean voyages, but it is made that way now due to its popularity in foreign markets.

2006-12-20 16:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by mcfifi 6 · 0 0

The simple answer is Marsala is made from grapes. It is a wine whose fermentation was stopped by the addition of grape brandy, thus preserving the sugars in the wine and making it a sweet wine.

Like most European wines, it takes its name from the area where it is made (in this case around the town of Marsala on the Italian island of Sicily), rather than from the grapes that it is made from (a blend of Grillo, Inzola and Catarrato).

It is a wine that has been made since 1773 and it has lost much of its popularity to competitors like Port, Madeira and Sherry thus it can be hard to find these days.

2006-12-20 16:44:18 · answer #4 · answered by Pontac 7 · 0 0

Marsala is a very sweet wine used for cooking.

2006-12-20 16:26:24 · answer #5 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0 0

It is a sweet, white, 'fortified' wine. That means it's grapes, fermented, plus 'alcohol' added to strengthen ('fortify') it - usually brandy.

The name comes from the port city of Marsala (Sicily, Italy), not from anything to do with what its made from. (Just as 'port' wine - a red colour and also a sweet, fortified wine - comes from "Oporto", in Portugal.)

2006-12-20 16:28:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

the wine? the sauce using the wine?

2006-12-20 16:23:49 · answer #7 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 0 0

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