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Nino Barraco

Zibibbo 2019

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Tasting notes

Barraco does something genuinely rare: he makes Zibibbo completely dry, using just 3 to 4 days of skin contact to build texture without sacrificing the grape's electric aromatics of citrus peel, ginger, and Mediterranean herbs. The finish is long, saline, and bone-dry, an emphatic reframe of a grape everyone assumes is sweet.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
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  • Style: Dry orange wine; golden color; citrus, ginger, and herb aromatics; saline finish; 12% ABV
  • Grapes & Terroir: 100% Zibibbo (Moscato di Alessandria); organic farming; sandy coastal soils, Marsala, western Sicily; near sea level
  • Winemaking: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts; 3-4 day skin maceration; aged in stainless steel until spring; no SO2 added; unfined, unfiltered
  • Serving: Serve at 50-54°F; no decant needed; drink now or cellar short-term
  • Pairing: Pasta con le sarde, grilled sardines, fried calamari, sheep's milk cheese, caper-based dishes
  • Similar To: For fans of skin-contact whites and dry Muscats who want saline coastal character over sweetness

Nino Barraco's Zibibbo is a dry, skin-contact orange wine made from 100% Zibibbo (Moscato di Alessandria) grown in the Marsala area of western Sicily, in the province of Trapani. The vineyard sits on sandy soils close to the Mediterranean coast, roughly one kilometer from the sea. Grapes are harvested in early September and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts on the skins for 3 to 4 days before being pressed and transferred to stainless steel, where the wine ages until spring bottling.

Despite Zibibbo's fame as the grape behind Passito di Pantelleria, Barraco produces it as a completely dry wine with no added sulfur dioxide, no fining, and no filtration. The brief maceration extracts enough phenolic structure to give the wine grip and texture without masking the grape's intense aromatic character. The result lands somewhere between a white and a true orange: golden in color, saline on the finish, and aromatic in a way that reads herbal and citrus-driven rather than sweet or tropical.

The wine is labeled Terre Siciliane IGT and carries Barraco's hallmarks across every vintage: low intervention from vineyard to bottle, reliance on natural acidity to drive freshness, and a clear sense of place rooted in the coastal flatlands of western Sicily.

Works well with pasta con le sarde, grilled oily fish like mackerel or sardines, and dishes built around capers and lemon. The wine's salinity and acidity also cut through sheep's milk cheeses and fried seafood. Serve cold, around 50 to 54°F.

Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Orange Wine
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Zibibbo
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, 2019
Alcohol:, 12%
Country:, Italy
Region:, Sicily
Appellation:, Terre Siciliane IGT
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

Nino Barraco

Nino Barraco is based in Marsala, in the province of Trapani on the western coast of Sicily. He took over his family's vineyards in 2004. His family were farmers who supplied base wine to large Marsala production houses; Nino shifted that inherited agricultural knowledge toward single-varietal, single-vineyard natural wines focused on Sicily's indigenous grapes: Grillo, Catarratto, Zibibbo, Nero d'Avola, and Perricone.

Barraco farms organically without irrigation, relying entirely on manual labor and avoiding all synthetic treatments. His vineyards span approximately twenty hectares scattered along the coast north and south of Marsala. Soils vary by parcel and include sand dunes, clay-limestone, and parcels with ancient stones locally known as cuti. The Zibibbo vineyard for this wine grows on sandy coastal soils about one kilometer from the sea.

In the cellar, Barraco works with spontaneous fermentation using only indigenous yeasts, macerates white wines on skins for 3 to 4 days, and ages in stainless steel tanks without fining, filtration, or added sulfur dioxide. Wines are bottled in spring following the harvest. His stated aim is to avoid standardization and let each vintage express its own character.

Wine region

Sicily, Italy

Western Sicily's Marsala area sits on the province of Trapani's coastline, a flat, windswept stretch of land bordering the Mediterranean. The terrain here is dominated by sandy and limestone soils at low elevations, often just meters above sea level. The climate is hot and dry with relentless sun exposure tempered by persistent sea winds, which help preserve natural acidity in the grapes and keep disease pressure low without chemical intervention.

The Terre Siciliane IGT designation covers the entire island and is frequently used by producers working outside the constraints of narrower DOC rules. Barraco's vineyards in the Marsala zone fall under this classification, giving him the freedom to vinify Zibibbo as a dry skin-contact wine rather than in the sweet passito style associated with the nearby island of Pantelleria. Zibibbo, known internationally as Moscato di Alessandria, is one of Sicily's most ancient aromatic varieties, likely introduced by Phoenician traders thousands of years ago.

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