The 2008 Semisecco Marsala Superiore Riserva opens with a fresh bouquet, mixing dried flowers with gingery spice and hints of cinnamon stick and dust. It washes across the palate with a pretty inner sweetness and silken textures, displaying admirable weight yet still fresh. Baked apples and pears combine with exotic spice, and a bump of residual acidity maintains fantastic freshness throughout the long and potent finish.