Visner di Pergola by Tonelli

With sour black cherries, Visciole in Italian, a scented fortified wine called “Visner” is made. It is a wine with medium alcoholic content and is typical of northern Marche. It is flavoured with cherry notes, and it leaves a slightly bitter aftertaste.  This is the reason why it is perfect to lighten strong savoury dishes but it is also a delicious match with desserts. The production technique is a very complex one. The first fundamental stage is the seasoning of the ripe fruit with red wine, sugar and 90°alcohol. After fermenting for some weeks then, wine is filtered to eliminate impurities and it is then left to mature for six months. Once it is bottled it is then ready to be enjoyed in small glasses that allow the evaporation of the brushwood scents.

At room temperature it can be drunk alone, or together with some dry biscuits. It is suitable to enrich custard or to be enjoyed with strong taste seasoned cheese such as pecorino. In this last case we advice to enjoy “Visner” at cellar temperature, around 15C°.

Vino liquoroso di amarene selvatiche.

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