Rallo Azienda Agricola, La Maggiore Petillant, Pét-Nat, IGP Terre Siciliane, Italy, 2024

Producer Profile

Rallo is an historic Sicilian winery founded in Marsala in 1860 by Diego Rallo, originally gaining prominence for Marsala and Passito wines exported across Europe and the Americas.

The modern chapter began in 1996 when the Vesco family acquired the estate, integrating their own vineyards in Alcamo with Rallo’s historic Marsala cellars and transforming the business into a quality-focused, estate-led producer. Today, Rallo operates across three key areas of western Sicily—Marsala, Alcamo and Pantelleria—crafting predominantly fresh, expressive wines, with a particular aptitude for aromatic white varieties that reflect the island’s identity. The estate combines deep heritage with a progressive mindset, practising certified organic agriculture since 2010 and maintaining full control from vineyard to bottling. Under the stewardship of the Vesco family, Rallo has evolved into a benchmark producer that balances tradition, sustainability and modern Sicilian winemaking precision.

Viticulture

From the Riserva delloi Stagnone region within Marsala, the vines are planted at around 50 metres above sea level on a sandy and moderately fine textured sandy soil in a vineyard planted in 2010.

Winemaking

A soft pressing of the juice, which is fermented in stainless steel for 8 days at 18 degrees celcius. Malolactic fermentation then bottle aged for 1 month.

Tasting Note

A Pet Nat wine, natural and lightly sparkling. This is an unfiltered depiction of the flat plains of coastal Marsala. This Pet Nat’s bubbles are soft, and delicate making this so drinkable. The tropical notes of mango, papaya, citrus and pear as well as crisp acidity are very quaffable.

Food matching

Ideal as an aperitif. Superb with crudités