Wines of Sicily

La Segreta takes its name from the wood that surrounds our Ulmo vineyard. This young and fresh wine obtained mainly from Nero d'Avola grapes, flag of Sicily of wine, gains personality and style with the addition of international grapes. All the grapes are expertly cultivated in Planeta 's own vineyards. La Segreta is a versatile companion for everyday drinking, suitable for the most diverse occasions. It is a perfect approach to the Sicily of wine with its right relationship between quality and price, guaranteed by the patient work of the Planeta family, from the vineyard to the wine.

A wine of character and pleasant for its notes of red fruits and spicy tones, where the wood has been able to give roundness and expressive fullness, with dense and soft tannins.

A rare and exclusive variety grown in a few tens of hectares, it is best expressed in the red sands of Vittoria, not far from the sea. An aromatic and pleasant red like few others, a perfect synthesis between tradition and trend.

Still and dry red wine, vinified with 100% Nero d'Avola grapes, with a pleasant scent of wild berries with pleasant vegetal sensations, a long aromatic persistence and soft tannins.

From one of the oldest vines in the world, Moscato Bianco, our Passito di Noto is born. Passito is an ancient wine that becomes current with a modern drying system. Explosive aromas of exotic fruit, jasmine, candied citrus, it is both complex and easy to love. The ideal companion of the great Sicilian tradition of sweets and ice cream.

The red Etna Calderara Sottana by Girolamo Russo was born in the vineyards located in the Contrada Calderara Sottana district in Randazzo, in the extraordinary wine-growing panorama of Etna, a terroir particularly suited to the production of wines of great value, thanks to unique temperature ranges.

Girolamo Russo's Etna Rosso Feudo di Mezzo has still young and slightly rough tannins. Of an intense ruby red, it offers hints of ripe fruit, cherry, marasca cherry, aromatic herbs, balsamic essences and notes of vanilla and tobacco on the nose. On the palate it is soft, but with tannins still a little rough, with an excellent structure, a complex of great fullness of taste and persistence

Girolamo Russo's Etna Rosso Feudo di Mezzo has still young and slightly rough tannins. Of an intense ruby red, it offers hints of ripe fruit, cherry, marasca cherry, aromatic herbs, balsamic essences and notes of vanilla and tobacco on the nose. On the palate it is soft, but with tannins still a little rough, with an excellent structure, a complex of great fullness of taste and persistence

The Finimondo Nero d'Avola Sicilia DOC Pellegrino is a strong, soft and persuasive wine, with a deep red colour, it envelops and enchants in an embrace of fruity and floral aromas.

A prestigious red for collectors, ambassador of two Made in Italy excellences. With an intense ruby red color, Tancredi 2018 Limited Edition combines notes of red fruit, mulberry and blueberry, with balsamic notes and delicate hints of licorice and sweet tobacco. On the palate it expresses all its enveloping personality with perfectly integrated tannins and long persistence.

Prestigious 3-bottle wooden box, which turns into a table stand and a color box, with Vigna di Gabri 2017, Floramundi 2017, Sul Vulcano 2017.

The Materico Nerello Mascalese Terre Siciliane IGT is a fragrant and elegant red wine, made by Cantine Pellegrino, a company that, historically, aims to innovate the island's viticulture.

Ben Ryé Donnafugata is one of the most famous Sicilian passito wines in Italy and in the world, which has become a paradigm of Passito di Pantelleria. Its name in Arabic means "daughter of the wind", an epithet attributed to this Mediterranean island, struck by winds that blow on the bunches of grapes and on the crops, bringing with them intense and very characteristic aromas , the same ones we find in wine. The image that decorates the label is created by the designer Nicola Vitale and illustrates the work and effort of the winemakers in this area, illuminated by intense sunlight, with the 'dammuso', a typical architecture of the island in the background.

Prince of the enological renaissance of Sicily, Nero d'Avola is a native vine of great value. Initially widespread in the Syracuse area, it is now extended to all the wine-growing areas of the island. It is a medium-early variety that ripens around the first week of September and requires low-clayey soils and is sensitive to excessive drought and exposure to the sun. The type of training used is espalier, with an average planting density of 4,500 plants per hectare. Harvesting of the grapes at perfect aromatic and polyphenolic maturation, destemming and alcoholic fermentation with the skins for 6-8 days at 22-24°C, malolactic fermentation with selected bacteria, maturation for 6 months in French oak barriques.

This wine, 100% Frappato, expresses the nobility and richness of one of the oldest Sicilian vines. Frappato is among the southernmost red berried varieties in Europe. Its historic enographic site is Vittoria, the youngest city in the Ragusa area lying in the lower Ibleo plain. This vine is suitable for the production of red wines with low coloring intensity, typical of a young red wine.

Tinchitè: an abundance of liveliness. Wine obtained from Grillo grapes grown in our wineries located in the south-east of Sicily, in the province of Ragusa, and in the west, in the province of Agrigento, where the different environmental conditions allow us to obtain grapes with different aromatic styles. In fact, if on the one hand the proximity to the sea of the vineyards cultivated at the Ragusa company and the loose and warm soils allow for more fruity and fragrant wines to be obtained, on the other, the more clayey and fertile soils of the company located near Agrigento they give the grapes more concentration, ripeness, richness and volume. From the union of these two different styles of wine, the richness and fruitiness of our slightly sparkling wine is born.

IGT terre siciliane dal colore rosso intenso con riflessi violacei e bouquet etereo, ampio, intenso con sentori fruttati. Ideale se abbinato ad arrosti, carni alla griglia, selvaggina, formaggi di media stagionatura.

Il Sicilia Bianco Sole e Vento della Cantina Marco de Bartoli nasce da uve Grillo coltivate in vigneti situati nel comune di Samperi, nel cuore della Sicilia Occidentale, e con uve Zibibbo coltivate in vigneti collcati nel cuore dell'isola di Pantelleria.

il Sicilia Catarratto Lucido della Cantina Marco de Bartoli nasce in vigneti situati nel comune di Samperi, nel cuore della Sicilia Occidentale.

A Nero d'Avola with intense and persistent aromas that can be discovered for its modernity and charm. A classy wine, which surprises for its harmony and pleasantness, capable of revealing the authentic traits of the prince of Sicilian natives.

A Nero d'Avola of great harmony, our spearhead. Surprising in its aromas, precious for the elegance and silkiness of its tannins. An exciting wine.

Main vine of our territory, fruity and soft, with typical light spicy notes.

A Nero d'Avola, modern with its characteristic fruity notes and black pepper; harmonious, balanced, pleasantly tannic.

A Nero d'Avola, modern with its characteristic fruity notes and black pepper; harmonious, balanced, pleasantly tannic.

The history of Etna is dotted with historical eruptions that have shaped its shape. Legendary that of 1614, which lasted 10 years, the longest of all time, stopped right on the border of the Sciaranuova vineyards. A strongly evocative name for our Cru dell'Etna based on Nerello Mascalese. Black soils at high altitude give an elegant, fine and balanced style.

Nero d'Avola Noto DOC Santa Cecilia is the flagship wine of the Planeta winery. A Nero d'Avola vinified in purity, the result of a careful selection of the best vineyards for the production of an excellent wine.

From one of the oldest vines in the world, Moscato Bianco, our Passito di Noto is born. Passito is an ancient wine that becomes current with a modern drying system. Explosive aromas of exotic fruit, jasmine, candied citrus, it is both complex and easy to love. The ideal companion of the great Sicilian tradition of sweets and ice cream.

Nero d'Avola Noto DOC Santa Cecilia is the flagship wine of the Planeta winery. A Nero d'Avola vinified in purity, the result of a careful selection of the best vineyards for the production of an excellent wine.

A denomination that has its roots in antiquity when the Mamertines produced this wine described by Pliny and loved by Julius Caesar in Milazzo. Nero d'Avola and Nocera, 12 months of aging in 35 hl barrels. The small winery is located a few steps from the sea and is surrounded by the spectacular vineyards we planted in Capo Milazzo. The Barone Lucifero Foundation, owner of the fund, uses part of the proceeds for socio-cultural and recreational activities for children in the Milazzo area.

Noble variety grown in a few hectares in the lands of Messina overlooking the sea and history. La Baronia, in Capo Milazzo, is an absolutely spectacular vineyard surrounded by the sea, centuries-old olive trees and under the gaze of the islands. Marine red, with scents of Mediterranean scrub, myrtle and scrubland. The Barone Lucifero Foundation, owner of the fund, uses part of the proceeds for socio-cultural and recreational activities for children in the Milazzo area.

The history of the Volcano is dotted with eruptions that have shaped its shape. Legendary that of 1614, which lasted 10 years, the longest in historical times: the vines that produce this wine grow right above this flow. A small parcel hosts the Pinot Noir which has been grown in the area for centuries, albeit marginally. The result is an absolutely original version of the noble variety.

The Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico Dorilli represents for us the quintessence of this noble wine. It comes from a careful selection of the vineyards that surround the beautiful and unique Dorilli estate, named after the nearby river Dirillo, the landing place of the brave Aeneas. A fine and elegant expression, the result of the union of the noble Nero d'Avola with the Frappato di Vittoria, the Iblean grape variety par excellence, slightly marked by the aging in wood. A limited production for those who love small Italian denominations, history and testimony of our land.

The Finimondo Nero d'Avola Sicilia DOC Pellegrino is a strong, soft and persuasive wine, with a deep red colour, it envelops and enchants in an embrace of fruity and floral aromas.

A Nero d'Avola with the energy and vivacity of youth, unmistakably Sicilian, capable of an inviting lightness that inspires casual combinations with simple and tasty dishes. Clayey/sandy soils, on a small plateau, host espalier-trained vines: but it is the breath of the nearby woodland vegetation that tempers the climate and gives Rossojbleo that vivacity and freshness that make it an alternative expression of the more classic Sicilian varietal.

Plumbago - with a spontaneous flower of a beautiful purple color that grows in the woods surrounding the baglio and the Ulmo vineyards - is a pure Nero d'Avola. It comes from the old vineyard around the Orange Lake that gives us this soft and fruity version of this great Sicilian variety. Round tannins and perfectly dosed wood make it a wine of immediate pleasure. Ideal for Mediterranean cuisine based on vegetables and all types of meat.

Production area: Sambuca di Sicilia (AG), Sicily. Grapes and Vinification: Grillo. The refinement of the wine is carried out in stainless steel tanks. Color and Pairing: White, excellent with fresh cheeses and fish dishes.

grape variety: nerello mascalese, Merlot, Cabernet

Production area: Agrigento, Sicily. Grapes and Vinification: Nero dAvola. In French and American oak barriques for 18 months, in which refinement takes place. Released on the market only after at least 18 months of bottle aging. Color and Pairing: Red, excellent with meat dishes and long-aged cheeses.

"L'Eterno" by Feudi del Pisciotto is a Pinot Noir that comes from the desire to combine the power of the Sicilian land with the intrinsic elegance of the original grape variety. The vinification foresees an aging of one year in new barriques, so as to embellish the typically floral and fruity olfactory bouquet with notes of tobacco and spices. The sip is round, full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a sapid finish on the finish

Outspoken Cabernet Sauvignon Sicily IGP Dei Principi di Spadafora. An extraordinary pure Sicilian wine, an organic Cabernet Sauvignon with an intense purple-red color and a rich, intense, fruity aroma. The taste is intense, fruity and clear aroma. full and round, soft and well present tannins.

Among the first pure Cabernet Sauvignon produced in Sicily. For his personality and originality he has been awarded many times over the years. Expresses the territory from which it comes: Corleone. With a purplish-red colour, it has a complex and persistent aroma, reminiscent of blackcurrant fruits and spices.

Obtained from Chardonnay grapes from low-yield vineyards. Fermented and left to mature in French oak barrels, it is a wine as elegant as it is powerful. Sinedie is a white wine but at the same time capable of a long aging in the bottle, if well kept in the cellar.

Born in 1989, the "Rosso Corleone" is perhaps among the first red wines that made Nero d'Avola known and appreciated in the world. Seductive, warm, full-bodied and professional wine. With an elegant and dry taste, it is a wine for the whole meal. It goes well with meat dishes, mixed grills, game and hard cheeses.

Compact ruby red, the nose expresses beautiful notes of currant, plum and violet. A spicy trace, embellished with a balsamic hint of mint, opens to a wide, soft and elegant taste. The tannic texture is dense and well balanced by a certain freshness. Very long and vibrant, it closes with an infinite finish for persistence. For the whole meal, the “Sito dell'Ulmo” is an ideal red wine to accompany aged cheeses and meats.

A rare and exclusive variety grown in a few tens of hectares, it is best expressed in the red sands of Vittoria, not far from the sea. An aromatic and pleasant red like few others, a perfect synthesis between tradition and trend.

The Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico Dorilli represents for us the quintessence of this noble wine. It comes from a careful selection of the vineyards that surround the beautiful and unique Dorilli estate, named after the nearby river Dirillo, the landing place of the brave Aeneas. A fine and elegant expression, the result of the union of the noble Nero d'Avola with the Frappato di Vittoria, the Iblean grape variety par excellence, slightly marked by the aging in wood. A limited production for those who love small Italian denominations, history and testimony of our land.

Today Nerello Mascalese is certainly one of the richest reds in charm, territorial expressiveness, as well as being endowed with great elegance and longevity over time, Etna is its throne and outside its borders it is hard to feel at ease.

Planeta 's Burdese is a full-bodied and structured Sicilian red wine based on Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, aged for 14 months in new barriques. It has an intense and deep character, with hints of fruit, leather, tobacco and spices. The sip is powerful and concentrated, with a long persistence

Santa Cecilia is our flagship wine from the most important Sicilian variety: Nero d'Avola. The long work of finding the best place to make a great wine with this variety led us to Noto, the place of origin of this variety where the DOC Noto stands, at the southern end of Sicily. With its white lands and its ancient vineyards it is the epicenter of the cultivation of Nero d'Avola. Santa Cecilia is an expression of elegance, power, balance and exaltation of the unique aromas of the Sicilian lands, and today a reference point for reds from Sicilian native grapes. Its name derives from that of our family: Planeta di Santa Cecilia.

Etna Rosso "A' Rina" is a soft and structured wine, enveloping and complex, aged in second and third passage barriques for 12 months. Elegant notes of ripe red fruit, cherries, leather and tobacco best express the terroir of the great Sicilian mountain

The Finimondo Nero d'Avola Sicilia DOC Pellegrino is a strong, soft and persuasive wine, with a deep red colour, it envelops and enchants in an embrace of fruity and floral aromas.

The Materico Nerello Mascalese Terre Siciliane IGT is a fragrant and elegant red wine, made by Cantine Pellegrino, a company that, historically, aims to innovate the island's viticulture.

Otherwise it is the traditional "house wine" of Menfi produced with the technique of perpetual aging in a single barrel, filled during the year and topped up with the new vintage at each harvest.

Kabir, with a bright straw yellow color, is characterized by a complex bouquet of tropical fruit (passion fruit), floral hints of orange blossom and delicate salty nuances. In the mouth the fruity and sweet notes echo, perfectly balanced by the fresh mineral vein. Good persistence with a spicy finish of pink pepper and nutmeg.

Dea Vulcano, with a light ruby red color, offers a refined bouquet with fruity notes of wild strawberry and cherry, light hints of aromatic herbs (sage) and spicy notes of black pepper and cinnamon. On the palate it is fresh and fragrant, soft with well integrated tannins and a balanced and juicy finish.

With a ruby red color, Contesa dei Venti 2021 stands out for its floral scents of lavender. The fragrant bouquet is enriched with notes of red fruits (cherry and raspberry) together with hints of spices (sage and black pepper) and balsamic juniper. In the mouth it is fresh and harmonious, with a pleasant return of fruity notes and a soft and enveloping tannin; the finish is persistent and elegant.

Damarino 2022 is the first wine in the world to use the Nomacorc Ocean cork, produced by recycling plastic collected in coastal areas, and destined to end up in the oceans. With a light straw color, Damarino combines delicate aromatic sensations of white flowers and fruity notes among which those of citrus fruits stand out. In the mouth it is delicate with a pleasant finish.

Coda della Foce has been defined as a beautiful wine in a blue dress: elegant, never intrusive, at ease in any situation, persuasive with style and personality. Blend of Nero d'Avola and Petit Verdot in variable proportions depending on the vintage, it comes from the assembly of the best carats that have shown a particular personality and evolutionary finesse and is produced only when the characteristics of each harvest and the long aging in large casks allow it to express a superior organoleptic quality. Super Sicilian by birth, citizen of the world by choice of life.

Although originally from Ragusa, most of the Frappato is grown in the province of Trapani, a few kilometers from my vineyards. Menfi and Vittoria have a lot in common: both exposed to the South and therefore to Africa, kissed by the salty wind of the Mediterranean and rich in sandy-limestone soils lying on compact clays. These affinities convinced me to introduce Frappato to Belìce. When I created the FuoriZona label, Liliana Segre's story came to mind about the little girl who, during her deportation to Auschwitz, drew a butterfly flying over the barbed wire. I would like the tiny gesture of drawing that butterfly to bear witness to that message: always choose love, peace, solidarity towards every human being who lives, together with us, on this earth.

In Sicily, "coast" is the side of the hills that gently slope down to the sea, covered by vineyards as far as the eye can see that bask in the sun, unkempt by the fresh Mediterranean breezes. These are the places of Grillo, a fascinating native variety that interprets the beauty of the Menfi terroir with great personality. Son of generous lands, Coste al Vento gives us a full and ripe fruit that blends with the brackish notes brought by the sea winds, in a harmonious crescendo made original by maceration on the skins and fermentation with indigenous yeasts.

The old vineyards of Inzolia planted by my father more than fifty years ago are an extraordinary legacy on which to build the future of viticulture in Belicello. The original clones, perfectly adapted to the particular conditions of the environment to which they belong, exuberantly express the personality and wine culture of the Menfi area. The soil, mainly calcareous and pebbly, gives the wine an intense and at the same time delicate sapidity, great depth and aromatic breadth.

Vibrant and decisive, NoTrix is direct and transparent: it does not want and does not need "embellishments". It is a wine with a brilliant ruby colour, with intense and playful scents of red fruits and geranium flowers. Its solid and well integrated tannins support a palate with an agile and dynamic body, where spicy notes of ginger and star anise accompany the drink towards a saline and very persistent finish. This is how Perricone is, and this is how I like this wine to be: without tricks and without falsehoods, far from oenological models that do not belong to the Menfi winemaking tradition.

Feminine and sensual, Lu Còri tells of a Sicily kissed by the sun and caressed by sea breezes. Its splendid purple livery, edged with violet reflections in its youth, evolves towards ruby with the passing of the years. Ripe red fruits, especially blackberries and raspberries, characterize the bouquet, made intriguing by notes of brine and a slight spiciness. In the mouth it is fragrant, soft and velvety, with delicate tannins, perfectly integrated in a juicy and persistent finish.

Zibibbo has a history spanning thousands of years: it has Egyptian origins and after this first long adaptation to the North African coasts, Zibibbo was brought to western Sicily by the Phoenicians and the Greeks, becoming one of the most widespread and interesting varieties of the western Mediterranean around 800-700 aC During the Roman Empire the variety was also exported to other regions of southern Europe. Zibibbo is known in Sicily mainly by its Arabic denomination, Z'bìb, which simply means "raisins".

The name derives from the "black berry" fruit and from the Syracusan city of Avola. Nero d'Avola on the island was introduced several centuries ago by colonizers from Greece and then it adapted perfectly to this new environment so as to become the most famous and important black grape variety in Sicily. Until the first half of the 20th century, Nero d'Avola wine was used almost exclusively as a blending wine, in recent decades Sicilian winemakers have started the production of this wine alone with truly excellent results.

Grillo is a white grape variety widespread above all in western Sicily. The probable origin lies in what Baron Mendola wrote in 1874: “white Catarratto seed artificially fertilized with Zibibbo in the flowering of 1869 in my Piana dei Peri vineyard near Favara […] . The same wrote also in 1904 "I hybridized the common Catarratto of Sicily […] neck Zibibbo, to be able to make a more aromatic Marsala". The Grillo initially finds its origin in the Marsala area and then in the other provinces of the island. Il Grillo is capable of giving wines with a high alcohol content and then having the vocation of being particularly predisposed to ageing. The best Marsala is obtained by vinifying Grillo.

Girolamo Russo's Etna Rosso San Lorenzo was born in vineyards located in Contrada San Lorenzo (Randazzo), in the extraordinary wine-growing panorama of Etna, a terroir particularly suited to the production of wines of great value, which benefits from unique temperature ranges.

Girolamo Russo's Etna Rosso San Lorenzo was born in vineyards located in Contrada San Lorenzo (Randazzo), in the extraordinary wine-growing panorama of Etna, a terroir particularly suited to the production of wines of great value, which benefits from unique temperature ranges.

Etna Bianco "San Lorenzo" is a mineral and delicate white wine, made with Carricante grapes and other local varieties that grow at high altitudes on the sandy soils of the Great Volcano. The nose has a fine and very mineral olfactory profile, with suggestive notes of white pulp fruit, citrus fruits and pleasant floral sensations. It reveals a slender and dynamic body, of great progression and freshness, with a clear mineral trail