Donnafugata Ben Rye 2023 Region_Alto Adige Serve cool

Serve cool

The co-fermentation of three clones adds aromatic complexity that no single clone could achieve alone

What separates him from most négociants is that he does not simply buy fruit: his own teams farm the partner vineyards through the season according to organic and biodynamic methods and pick the grapes themselves

this brew presents a perfectly crisp and clean profile

Donnafugata Ben Rye 2023 Region_Alto Adige Serve coolThe Land Pantelleria is closer to Tunisia than to Sicily, a black volcanic island in the middle of the strait where the wind almost never stops. That wind dictates everything about how Zibibbo is grown here. Vines are trained as alberello pantesco, low bush vines planted in shallow hollows scooped out of the volcanic soil so the plant sits below the gusts, each one pruned to keep its arms close to the ground. The island is terraced with dry stone