Commercial pannetone-delicious!

I  never thought I'd say this but I just finished a commercially baked (imported) pannetone with fruit that I bought in January on clearance and it was absolutely wonderful! I had bought several and ate one right away which I did not care for-the fruit seemed unpleasantly strong tasting. However, it must be like fruitcake. The 5 month old pannetone tasted fruity and mellow and the texture was absolutely beautiful-feathery and melt in your mouth like cotton candy. Mind you, this was a cheap ($6 full price I bought for $3) large pannetone packed in a crackly plastic wrap and boxed. Every year these are stacked in the grocery store and every year they go on clearance.

If this is anywhere near what a good pannetone is supposed to be-I have a long way to go when I make mine. Now I get what people rave about and strive for. All from this inexpensive, aged pannetone. Perhaps it aged well and tasted so good because the ingredients were pretty simple. I don't have the package (long gone) but I recall reading it and feeling very good about the ingredients.

So maybe my "pannetoche" (I use an adapted brioche recipe) will be adapted back to pannetone and I'll see about developing the texture.