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Florio - Marsala - Superiore Riserva Semisecco2001

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December 2025
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Florio - Marsala - Superiore Riserva Semisecco label
  • Producer
  • Country Italy
  • Region Sicily
  • Appellation Marsala
  • UPC N/A

Reviews

Wine Enthusiast 95

One of the reasons I love Marsala so much is because, by virtue of existing outside of the bounds of table wine, it has already broken the rules, and so the flood gates are open--enjoy it however you want, play, experiment, innovate. But with the 2001 let me suggest that you do nothing. Pour it neat. Take a sip. Let your mind expand.

by DC, Wine Enthusiast , 2025

Decanter 96

2001 denotes the year these grapes were fortified, having been harvested in 1999. This Marsala has spent 20 years in barrel, resulting in a 33% evaporation or 'angel's share'. Rich aromas of raisins, rum cake, a hint of sea air and honeyed notes alongside roasted chestnuts. The barrels are moved throughout Cantine Florio's cellar during their ageing, as their location plays a role in the impact of the wine. Temperature fluctuations and proximity to the sea, just 100m away, make nuanced impacts. The palate is rich, with a viscosity balanced by dry tannins. Rum-raisin flavours are rich and opulent, while dates, vanilla and nutmeg leave a long-lasting impression.

by CP, Decanter , 2023

Wine Advocate 94+

With 20 years of aging in a single 25.5-hectoliter casks (number 6DAG), the Cantine Florio 2001 Marsala Superiore Riserva Semisecco SR0301 reveals a dark amber color with fortified aromas of dried apricot, toffee, vanilla, sweet coffee, brown sugar, licorice and tobacco. There are salty aromas and hints of dried sea kelp. According to a little map provided with the bottle, the barrel was located exactly 115 meters from the seashore, meaning that the wine matured in the cooler and more humid side of the cellar. This limited-release bottle (with only 1,700 made) is packaged in its own special box with a separate glass cork for safekeeping once the bottle has been opened. It feels medium dry to the palate, and the alcohol is recorded at 19%. The wine's code stands for Superiore Riserva ("SR") with "03" times that alcohol was added and "01" indicating the vintage. The angel's share (or the amount of liquid that evaporated from the barrel during maturation) is 33%. This means you can expect a dense and viscous mouthfeel with this bottle of Marsala.

by ML, Wine Advocate , 2023

Technical Details

Ageing

20 years. The first stage of ageing took place in old 16 hl tuns. Since July 2008 it has been in the 25.5 hl 6 DAG vat, 20 metres away in the 140-metre - long Cantine Garibaldi, 115 metres from the sea.

Food pairing

Perfect as meditation wine.

Serve at a temperature between 14-16C.

Grapes

White grapes for DOC Marsala

Harvest

Annual harvest, starting in mid-September, of over-ripened grapes that are left on the vine so that they become fully ripe and high in residual sugars and polyphenols.

Tasting notes

Amber. Scents of fruit preserved in alcohol and chestnuts on the nose. Dry and persistent tannins, with flavours of liquorice, nougat and dark cocoa on the palate.

Vinification

Powerful extraction forces come into play through the use of the traditional wine press to create musts loaded with colour, high dry extracts and intense savoury marine notes. Fermentation in cement, marked by continuous micro-oxygenation, which carries on even after fermentation, preparing the wine for its encounter with alcohol, thus initiating the “process of producing Marsala DOC”.

The encounter of wine, mistelle (grape must used to make DOC Marsala with the mutage technique, which involves the addition of ethyl alcohol derived from vines so that the fermentation process is stopped), cooked must and a small percentage of alcohol.