Sicily · In the cellar
Marsala Riserva ‘Bronte’, Woodhouse & Co.
1815
- Origin
- Marsala, western Sicily
- Grape
- Grillo, Catarratto
- Vintages held
- 1815
- Delivery
- Insured and temperature-controlled to Switzerland
Quoted on request. We do not publish prices, and quantities are often one.
John Woodhouse, an English merchant, created the Marsala trade in 1773 and supplied Nelson’s fleet. This reserve was laid down in the year of Waterloo, in the barrels named for the Duchy of Bronte given to Nelson. The oldest liquid on the list.
What the cellar holds
In the cellar: 1815 (one bottle) and the 1834 Riserva.
Vintages in the cellar
Croian & Hein places bottles like this one with a small circle of collectors in Switzerland: discreetly, by appointment, and with the condition of every bottle described plainly before it travels.
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