# Il Passo (Cinque Quinti)

> Sweet, Vino Bianco da uve appassite by [Cinque Quinti](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cinque-quinti.md), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/il-passo).

- **Producer:** Cinque Quinti
- **Style:** Sweet
- **Denomination:** Vino Bianco da uve appassite
- **Grape:** Traminer 100%
- **Production area:** Ozzano Monferrato (AL), 240 m above sea level
- **Soil:** Calcareous soil with clay veins
- **Exposure:** North
- **Harvest:** 19 September 2022 (2022 technical sheet), picked by hand
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 2000, Guyot training
- **Vinification:** Grapes dried in the vineyard for 25 days by cutting the fruiting cane; fermentation at 21°C for 15 days; skin contact of 12 hours during soft pressing; 19 months in acacia tonneaux; 7 months in bottle; bottled 4 July 2024.
- **Serving temperature:** 14-16°C (the shop page says it can also be served slightly cool)
- **Storage:** Best evolutionary peak: 7 years
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

A white passito from a small parcel of Traminer at Ozzano Monferrato, dried on the vine and aged in acacia, in 375 ml bottles (2,640 of the 2022). 16% vol.

## Tasting notes

Amber, warm colour. Warm notes of apricot, honey and saffron, exotic overripe fruit and banana. Enveloping, tasting of raisins; sweet but never cloying.

## Food pairings

Blue cheeses with strong flavours, dark chocolate, strawberries or dry pastries.