Ribeca
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Wild boar ragu, roasted lamb, mature hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Firriato's Ribeca is a landmark wine in the modern renaissance of Sicilian viticulture, serving as a liquid monument to the revival of Perricone—an ancient, indigenous red grape that had teetered on the brink of extinction. Cultivated on the Pianoro Cuddìa estate in the wind-swept Trapani countryside, this wine is the culmination of years of passionate clonal selection and restoration work by the Di Gaetano family. The estate's clay-rich soils and intense Mediterranean sun coax out the grape's naturally robust tannins and vibrant acidity. Aged for approximately 10 to 12 months in French oak barriques, Ribeca is celebrated for its deep ruby-purple hue, complex aromas of dark marasca cherry, lavender, and black pepper, and its remarkably elegant, velvety structure.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1984 by Salvatore Di Gaetano and Vinzia Novara, Firriato has grown to become an architectural pillar of contemporary Sicilian viticulture. The estate stewards hundreds of hectares across Sicily's most ecologically distinct macro-zones: the sun-drenched, clay-limestone hills of the Trapani countryside (such as Baglio Sorìa and Borgo Guarini), the maritime Quaternary calcarenites of Favignana Island, and the high-elevation volcanic sands of Cavanera Etnea on Mount Etna. Viticulture is entirely certified organic and managed under a pioneering zero-carbon-impact philosophy. In the cellar, temperature-controlled stainless steel vinification preserves high-toned aromatic freshness, tension, and native varietal typicity before selective maturation in stainless steel or neutral wood. Firriato's white wine portfolio champions indigenous and naturalized cultivars—predominantly Grillo, Catarratto, and Zibibbo—yielding benchmark expressions like the saline, maritime-influenced Favinia La Muciara, the organic Caeles series, the floral Jasmin, and the radiant, naturally sun-dried Favinia Passule.
🍇 Grapes
Perricone
🍷 ABV
14-14.5%