Description
The wine for the Holy Mass is prepared, bottled and sealed according to the dictates of canon 924§3 of the Code of Canon Law,
under the supervision of the Director of the Liturgical Office of the Diocese of Mazara del Vallo in order to guarantee the highest quality of wine for mass
Grapes: Grillo, Inzolia
Cultivation area: Marsala and Mazara del Vallo
Training system: Head training or cordon training, dry farmed
Colour: Golden
Bouquet: Full bodied, Balanced, Persistent
Taste: Intense, sweet
Characteristics: It can be stored for several years. Once opened, it maintains its organoleptic characteristics for long time due to its high alcohol content
Sugar content: 110-120 g/l
Alcohol content: 16,5° by volume
Available formats: 1L with screw cap
Service temperature: 10 – 14° C
Holy Mass wine is a liqueur wine prepared according to canon law with the least intervention. It’s a blend of grapes, rectified must and alkool from vinous matter. It contains few sulfites to respect the criterion of the “minimum intervention” imposed by canon law but, being a sweet wine, must be added rectified must (cane sugar is not allowed) and then alcohol from vinous materials so that the product has a long life (alcohol from molasses or other non-vinous sources is not allowed).
It’s a wine that can last many years even open thanks to the fortification process. This process involves the payment of excise duties and special licences issued by customs. Traditionally, this wine is made in Marsala because they use the same licenses needed to make Marsala wine. For this reason all the Mass wine, marketed in Italy, is made in Marsala (from Marsalisti) and is monitored by the curia of Mazara del Vallo which is specialized in this aspect. The capital of the province of Marsala is trapani, but according to the organization of the curia, the organizational center of western Sicily is Mazara and the monitoring centers are there (you can see the logo of the curia of mazara in the back of the bottle).
Holy mass wine is not aged in wood.
Store in a cool place
Store the bottle in a standing position
