BARREL AGED SPIRITS COLLECTION

Florio _131 BARREL-AGED SPIRITS COLLECTION

PLACE OF AGING

es. The Florio Wine Cellars are influenced by seasonal changes, from blazing hot summers to rainy winters and sand-filled warm winds, which also affect the Marsala wines stored in oak barrels, giving rise to wines with different characters, nuances and colours. The Wine Cellars and the oenologist have a deep level of understanding, which involves listening to the wines as they age in the Florio terroir. Time is irreplaceable and of the essence in the Florio Wine Cellars. As seasons go by, Marsala Florio wines slowly develop, depending on the size and position of the container, until they reach their ultimate potential in terms of taste on the palate and until aged to perfection.

The Florio Wine Cellars are on a two-hectare production area with tuff stone floors, lapped by the sea. More than 3,000 oak containers of different sizes are stored in four different climatic environments. Each aisle in the wine cellars tells the story of the artisan art of listen ing to wine and of a different complicity with the sea. Different temperatures and “salted” humidity slowly feed the Marsala wines dur ing their long aging and maturing process. The sea is an important climatic factor, since it influences the temperature and humidity in the wine cellar, changing the organolep tic profile of the wine. When oak barrels are stored close to the sea, the ambient temper ature drops and humidity rises. On the other hand, when they are stored away from the sea, the temperature rises and humidity decreas