Rallo Azienda Agricola, Soleras 20yr Old Marsala, DOP Sicily, Italy, N/V

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

Rallo Azienda Agricola Soleras 20 year old Marsala comes from the Riserva dello Stagnone vineyards planted with trellis trained Grillo vines in 1980 on a South facing exposure around 50 metres above sea level. Soils are clay and sand.

Winemaking

Manually harvested at night into 15kg cases, the grapes are gently pressed then fermented at 16 to 18 degrees celcius in stainless steel for a period of 15 to 20 days then aged for 20 years in small oak casks within an overlapping 3 level Solera system.

Tasting Note

A full dry, yet smooth and rich wine, on the nose this is intense, harmonious, delicate, with pleasant scent of apricot, honey, dried fruit and dates. Dry in the mouth, round with bitter almonds, smoked vanilla with long persistence

Food matching

Pair with ripe creamy, blue and aged cheeses or the most delicious chocolate for a full on taste sensation.