Another Gold for Delicata in Italy
Delicata’s 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon DOK Malta Superior in the winery’s Grand Vin de Hauteville collection amassed a gold medal at the 2022 wine competition ‘Emozioni dal Mondo Merlot e Cabernet Insieme’. This barrique-matured, robust Malta-grown Cabernet Sauvignon entices with a sweet and fruity nose and a rich palate filled with light black fruits and true…
Delicata Family Invests in Winery for World-Class Quality
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Delicata winery is forging ahead with its latest investment project, namely a new bottling hall complete with top-notch equipment for the washing, filling and packaging of the company’s wine bottles. “World-class quality is our winery’s bedrock and the governing principle that spurs any investment we make. Besides, as…
Riżerva released by Delicata
Delicata released their first ‘Riżerva’ edition of the Gran Cavalier Syrah DOK Malta Superior, 2017. Producing a Riżerva is time consuming. This premium red wine is a vibrant bottle of structure and excitement that’s the result of 13 months barrel maturation and almost another entire year ageing in bottle prior to release. For this particular…
Double gold for Delicata wines in Bergamo
Emmanuel Delicata Winemaker is the only Maltese winery to win at the 2019 Emozioni dal Mondo Merlot e Cabernet Insieme wine competition in Bergamo, Italy. Delicata bagged two gold medals and the press prize. The first gold medal went to the outstanding 2017 vintage of Gran Cavalier Merlot, D.O.K. Malta, Superior. This garnet red wine…
Celebrating Merlot Day
Secretly I’m longing for someone to finally proclaim a national day in honour of Malta’s Ġellewża and Girgentina varieties. Until then, I gladly revel in International Merlot Day, which is celebrated by oenophiles around the world on 7 November. If you follow this wine column, you know I keep Merlot close to my heart and…
