Barreled for over ten years, Angelica is a wonderful mission wine that is smooth to the taste with aromas of caramel and vanilla.
Miraflores takes pride in having the largest inventory of barreled Angelica in the world, amounting to 100 barrels!
Angelica wine is a historic sweet fortified wine usually from California made typically from the Mission grape. It is often served as a dessert wine. Some varieties consist of the unfermented grape juice fortified with brandy or clear spirit immediately after pressing. Others are made like port where the only partially fermented wine, still retaining a large amount of sugar, is infused with brandy. The relatively high alcohol of the brandy arrests the fermentation, leaving a fortified wine high in alcohol and high in residual sugar (usually about 10 to 15%). It is typically made from 50% Mission wine and 50% Mission brandy. Angelica dates to the Mission Period in California and its name is thought to be taken from the city of Los Angeles. It was produced by the Franciscan missionaries and is one of the first wines made in the state. Several California producers continue to produce Mission-based Angelica. Bottles of Angelica as old as 1870 can still be found and show great distinction.
Our Angelica wine is from Ferrero Vineyard in Amador County. The vines are about 70 years old. This wine was in the barrel for 7 yrs before the first bottling on 7/23/12.
