Malvasia delle Lipari

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The volcanic soils have a predominantly sandy texture, high permeability, and limited depth, as they are still developing.
• Mean annual rainfall is 500–600 mm, concentrated in autumn and winter; July and August are generally dry.

• Production collapsed to approximately 200 hl in the 1960s (an all-time low), compared with approximately 10,000 hl in the nineteenth century.

• A wine of golden-yellow or amber colour, sweet and aromatic, described as early as 1890 as 'dense, sugary, golden'.
• Produced in passito and liquoroso versions (also known as dolce naturale), in addition to the base style. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Sandy, permeable volcanic soils (regosols–lithosols–andosols over lavas and pyroclastic deposits) shape a wine that Guy de Maupassant described in 1890 as 'dense, sugary, golden'.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0782
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Malvasia delle Lipari