The family’s historic winery (1851):

Ageing (steel, cement or wood) and

bottling.

Winery: Khamma district68 hectares (168 acres) of

vineyards in production, split into 14 districts

White Grape: Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria)

2 experimental fields

Wine Estate270 hectares (667 acres) of vineyards in production, split into 10 districtsWhite Grapes: Ansonica, Catarratto, Grillo and other Italian and international vine varietiesRed Grapes: Nero d’Avola and other international vine varieties1 experimental field

18 hectares (44 acres) of vineyards in productionRed grapes: Frappato, Nero d’Avola

Winery: Randazzo15 hectares (37 acres) of vineyards in productionWhite grape: CarricanteRed grape: Nerello Mascalese

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1995

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1995

The Rallo family entered the wineworld in Sicily in the wake of English entrepreneurs.

Timeline

Giacomo and Gabriella created Donnafugata, a name with artistic connections.A new style for Sicilian wines.

The first vintage of Mille e Una Notte conceived by Giacomo Rallo together with the great enologist Giacomo Tachis.

Donnafugata Music & Wine with José Rallo singing at the Blue Note in New York.

The firstnighttime harvest of Chardonnay at Contessa Entellina.A way topreserve the aromas of the grapes and save energy.

Creation of experimental fields in Contessa Entellina and Pantelleria for the study ofnative grapes and for the restoration of the “reliquia” type at risk of disappearing.

MANCA FOTO

Donnafugata started operating on the island of Pantelleria where it cultivated bush-trained Zibibbo vines on terraces and started producing the Passito Ben Ryé.

1989

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Antonio Rallo, already head of Consorzio of DOC Sicilia was elected president of Unione Italiana Vini.

First harvest in the new prestigious appellation areasEtna,CerasuoloandFrappatodi Vittoria.

2016

2017

Giacomo Rallo, pioneer of the worldwide success of Sicily, passed away.

Bell’Assai is the debut wine of Donnafugata’s

project in eastern Sicily.

Iconic WinesWines with unique personality.

Mediterranean EleganceGreat wines with a Mediterranean character,

produced from international varieties.

Versatile rich in CharacterStructured wines for all

courses. Versatile for food pairings.

Fresh and FruityModern wines of immediate pleasantness, based on

autochthonous varieties.

WHEN YOU DESIRE EXCLUSIVITY WHEN YOU DESIRE CHARM

WHEN YOU DESIRE HARMONY WHEN YOU DESIRE JOY

It’s a stellar Ben Ryé the one described by Monica Larner, responsible for Italy for The Wine Advocate, magazine through a tasting of no less than 22 vintages of Donnafugata’s prestigious label.“I confess to be supremely smitten by Sicily. Among the one thousand and one reasons to fall in love with this central Mediterranean paradise is Donnafugata’s Ben Ryé dessertwine […] Passito di Pantelleria is explosive in its intensity and unhinged in its sweet abundance. ”

A memorable wine tasting by Ian d’Agata for Vinous, making the first complete vertical tasting (1995-2011) of the Donnafugata icon wine. “It’s an amazing tasting. The level of wine is really incredible. Honestly it’s very hard to taste wine of this level going back 17 years. I tasted the great wine from Burgundy, Bordeauxe, Rhone, California and Australia and I can tell you that 17 vintages of this quality level it’s really hard to come by. It’s a great tasting not just for Donnafugata but for Sicily and Nero d’Avola.”

A VERTICAL OF MILLE E UNA NOTTE (1995 - 2011) BY IAN D’AGATA

VINTAGE SCORE VINTAGE SCOREVINTAGE SCORE VINTAGE SCORE

2013 932012 942011 932010 96This vintage presents a very graceful and feminine side to Ben Ryé.

2009 942008 97The masterful 2008 is a work of art.

2007 932006 95+2005 952004 892003 922002 93

2011 95One of the best young Mille e Una Notte wi-nes I have tasted.

2010 91+2009 902008 96+An epic wine in the making: I especially love its purity and sen-se of balance.

2007 942006 912005 942004 932003 91+2002 87

2001 98A knockout wine that represents the pinna-cle of quality in a pas-sito dessert wine.

2000 881999 891998 911997 931996 941995 88?1992 95+This wine provided me with a fantastic drin-king experience that is impossible to beat.

1990 891989 92

2001 882000 871999 95This knockout wine is simultaneously powerful and light on its feet.

1998 931997 931996 941995 95+This impeccably ba-lanced wine is a para-gon of freshness and seems much younger than its 21 years would suggest.

A VERTICAL OF BEN RYÉ (1989 - 2013)BY MONICA LARNER