Vino cotto

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Vino cotto (literally cooked wine) is a form of wine from Le Marche in Italy.

It is typically made by individuals for their own use, rather than commercially, and does not have any official status. The must, from any of several local varieties, is heated in a copper vessel where it is reduced in volume by up to a half. After fermentation, it is aged in cask for a few years, a little new wine being added each year to make up losses due to evaporation.

It is a ruby-coloured wine, somewhat similar to Madeira, being slightly sweet with an alcohol content of about 14%

Some of it is distilled (illegally) to make a rough spirit called mistrà.