[95 Wine Advocate] The excellent 2014 Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ry (375 ml) opens to beautiful intensity and irresistible richness. The wine is sweet and generous with candied fruit, honey, marzipan, brown sugar and apricot. This celebrated Sicilian dessert wine offers a luminous golden color with amber highlights. In the mouth, it exhibits soft lines and deep layers of sun-ripened fruit. Ben Ry is a wine with a proven track record of aging 20 years or more (30th Aug 2016)Made from Zibibbo grapes, grown on vines trained using the traditional alberello pantesco bush-training system, awarded World Heritage status by UNESCO. Brilliant amber, Ben Ry 2014 surprises with it freshness and complexity. The bouquet is intense and fragrant: typical aromas of apricots and candied citrus zest combined with balsamic scents of Mediterranean scrub and sweet notes of honey and fresh figs. The palate is well defined and intense, with pleasant sweetness well balanced by a fresh vein of acidity and lively sapidity. It finishes with a lingering persistence. A captivating Passito di Pantelleria, one of the most appreciated Italian sweet wines in the world.
