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Ricca Terra Soldiers' Zibibbo Passito Ricca Terra Soldiers' Zibibbo Passito
Ricca Terra

2023 Soldiers’ Land Zibibbo Passito

101 Years of Family & Cultivation

In their prime, drying racks for dehydrating sultana grapes were a common sight across the Riverland. The Jury Road drying rack had stood abandoned for 35 years until we restored it and put it back to work, creating our Zibibbo Passito.

Sun dried for 45 days, the grapes become a semi-sweet, aromatic wine.

Passito wines are traditionally served with dessert, but this zesty, flavoursome and fun wine needs no prescribed occasion. Enjoy it with seafood on the beach, or pour it into a tumbler over ice on a warm summer’s day. Either way, it’s sure to impress.

"Made from zibibbo (muscat) grapes grown on 60-year-old vines. The grapes were hand-harvested and laid out on old, restored sultana drying racks next to the vineyard; the fruit was then left to shrivel in the sun for a month and a half before being crushed and fermented. The result is a beautiful sweet white wine: quite luscious, perfumed, grape-pulpy flavours, full of sunlight and freshness."
Max Allen - Drinks Columnist - The Financial Review
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The Story

Our Zibibbo Passito begins with 60-year-old Zibibbo vines. The grapes were harvested in late April, then dried for 45 days on a 50-year-old drying rack just five metres from the vines. Drying concentrates the flavour of the fruit, creating an elegant and complex wine.

After both World Wars, returning soldiers were offered small plots of land to farm by the Australian government. Known as the Soldier Settlement Scheme, it gave them the chance to make a fresh start and leave the turmoil of battle behind.

This wine has two purposes. The first is to acknowledge, and hopefully help preserve, the remaining old vineyards of the Riverland. Many were planted by returned soldiers, and sadly many have since been removed for economic reasons. The second is to provide ongoing funding to the Returned & Services League (RSL). This wine marks the beginning of a partnership between Ricca Terra and the RSL.

Your purchase of this wine supports both causes.

Tasting Notes

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Liquor Production & Sales Licence 57614868.

Ricca Terra Vintners supports the responsible service of alcohol. WARNING Under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 it is an offence: To supply alcohol to a person under the age of 18 years (penalty exceeds $6000) For a person under the age of 18 years to purchase or receive liquor. (Penalty exceeds $500).

We acknowledge the traditional owners of these lands and waters. We pay our respects to the Elders, past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.