Donnafugata Ben Ryé Passito di Pantelleria

『メルモーゾ ダ ドロカワ』7/5/17

アプリコット　めちゃくちゃ

Aromas of apricot, yellow peach, dehydrated mango, eucalyptus honey, lavender, rosemary, thyme. You can smell the whole Mediterranean scrub in this incredibly complex wine. One of my favorites.

I do not love desert wine, but when I have one like this, it’s mind blowing. Bold asf notes of honey and apricot (or so I’m told).

Wow what a great port the nose is apricot and then I get honey followed by dried fig and for sure peach on the finish it was very delicious.

アプリコット はちみつ キャラメル 乾燥アプリコット オレンジの表皮 イチジク アプリコットジャム オレンジゼスト 乾燥イチジク ジャム

Ambrosia. Beautiful raisins, dates, but also abricot or peach. Long finish and just lovely! Great to pair with a sweet dessert!

Excellent naturally sweet dessert wine from Sicily. Intense, concentrated, layered, creamy, honeyed, unforgettable texture. Big nose of dried apricot peaches marmalade figs honey lemon curd candied fruits. Really really lingering. Unique and extraordinary!

First time drinking a wine of this segment. A very different drinking experience that I did not think possible within this realm of wine. A bouquet comprised of apricots , honey and some spice. Very full bodied , very syrupy. The palette has primary notes of apricot , honey , brandy and orange . It really reminded me of gran marnier but so delicate.

芳しいがさわやか オレンジ色 とても甘い

コクがあって美味しい！ こっくりしたプルーンみたいなデザートワイン。 ラルテ@三茶にて。

ドンナフガータのデザート パッシート デ ペンテレッリア 2016 ハチミツにミント、バジル系ハーブのアロマ パッシートしたジビッポ 甘さと酸の調和が絶妙

アプリコット、黄桃のような甘くて香りが豊か。 キレがある甘さ。 デザートワインにチビチビと。美味しすぎ。

シチリア　ドンナフガータ　ツアーにて。 甘口ワイン。紅茶やお花の香り、はちみつ、スパイス

デザートワイン。お腹いっぱいだったのでちょうど良かった。 Radicare @五反田

Delicious dessert wine from Pantelleria. Appasimento process. Deep gold. Luscious. Apricot, orange marmalade, honey, lemon. Outstanding quality.

A very good passito with Amber colour after only 3 years from the vintage. Peach is the prevailing aroma here. So intense, love it!

First time for me! Ahh, so sweet. So much apricot. Refreshing and candy like. Full body, viscous. Paired with cannolis in San Francisco 🥂

Orange and white fruit flavors stand out, and this fruity power makes this sweet dessert wine perfect. The nose is strongly citrus.

Apricot, blood orange, dried peach, apricot, melon, honey, olive, cherry, minerality. Perfect balance, full body, long finish with aftertaste.

Enjoyable lighter style of dessert wine with aromas and flavors of apricot, honey, caramel, almonds and a touch of orange peel.

I don’t know a lot about dessert wines (or wine in general) but I really like this one. Apricot and citrus up front and on the nose.

Amazing dessert wine. Medium, medium minus acidity (only thing that I wish to change to higher acidity) lots of apricot, honey suckle and some dried fruits. Real treat

なつかしのみつあんずの味。

This is SPECTACULAR. Never heard of it before- wonderful intense viscous amber color, clean. Aromas and palate of apricot honey peach raisin orange caramel dried apricot. Drink again and seek out!

Loads of dried apricot, marmalade, honey, fruit cup, orange blossom, nectarine, and even more apricot. This wine is lusciously sweet with medium-full body and a full body. Also, apricot.

Sweet! It has nutty amarone, caramel, honey as well as refreshing apricot and feathery honeysuckle. Very colorful aroma as well as it's amber orange color. Lovely for dessert.

Visual: 4/5 deep golden orange Nose: 14/15 rich apricot and honey tropical Taste and finish : 18.5/20 Subjective and experience: 8/10 At bottega del Carmine Marsala 44.5/50 89/100

Medium tawny colour. Aromas of burnt plastic, rubber, honey, orange, dried apricots. Sweet taste, full bodied, orange marmalade, and honey and lemon 'cough medicine' taste. Long finish.

アプリコット はちみつ アプリコットジャム @

Delighted to enjoy this cult wine for the second time as a finisher to our meal on Saturday at Hutong. After Sichuan spice with the main and then a palate cleansing set of ice creams, this was almost like a bonus course. Refer to my November 2019 note for more details, but in summary, this wine comes from the indigenous Zibibbo grape in Sicily. The taste is about decadent concentration in a glass: burnt orange and caramel among other flavours with a very long finish. Would happily drink after ev

Tried a sample at Locanda Locatelli, this is an exceptional sweet wine with a flowery, jasmine and spicy nose, but with a clean (not woody) nectary albeit light palate. Something I could drink more of.

Redefining the concept of persistence I've finally tried the notorious Ben Rye, the most famous Pantelleria's Passito. It starts surprising me in the glass being very very dark, I'd say nearly orange. In the nose it's a bit shier than expected with citrus fruits, orange overall. In mouth it's a masterpiece, with the right alcohol dose and and explosion of fruits. I have to say I don't remember a dessert wine leaving me such a mouth, here the persistence is on another level. I love Sicily and D

A masterpiece of beauty, this wine truly is the "son of the wind" (Ben Ryé). It offers an extraordinarily rich bouquet with outstanding aromas of apricots and candied fruit from the sun-dried grapes. The color is a distinctive, bright amber. On the palate, it is intense and juicy, with notes of dried figs, honey, and peach, balanced by a wonderful freshness and minerality. It has a long, satisfying, and persistent finish, making it an excellent dessert wine. Complex and sweet wine with an outst

2nd night in Sardinia. Though not from within region, felt compelled to order the Ben Rye, as such a fantastic wine! Not had it since Sicily (have bottle in cabinet at home), so had hoped wasn’t built up in my head. Thankfully quality and complexity exceeded it! Beautiful texture, notes of caramel, nectarine, fig, toffee and apricot. Perfectly balanced, with a long, lingering finish. Bought a half bottle of this last time in Italy (in Piedmont) as fair saving compared to UK, will look out for t

A nectar of apricot jam and candied oranges, consistent and glyceric . A fantastic Moscato d'Alessandria from the island of Pantelleria, between Sicily and Tunisie. Among the best sweet wines of Italy!

Ladies and gentlemen: The star of the evening in Milano 🇮🇹 was this Passito coming with the extraordinary good Cannolo dessert😋👌!! What a smell😱!! Orange acid mixed with figs, almonds and dried apricots. And what a taste😱!! Apricot, ripe peach, honey, lemon… you name it … but the orange acid loooong end which still has the right level of sweetness is simply amazing - why the hell the owner had only 3 glasses left 😭🤷‍♂️!?

Superb - amber colour, perfumed notes of prune and honey, reflected on the palate with layers of fresh citrus - kumquats in particular, giving way to prune and pale sultanas, finishing long with a wild flower honey and a subtle spiciness. Heavenly!

2 new discoveries = a match made in heaven (Ben Ryé & Sicilian Cannoli). 🤔Think PX over ice cream🤗 for another. 100% Zibibbo with gorgeous aromas from the dried grapes: it looks like liquid dates, smells & tastes like Christmas in a glass but with added apricots and candied orange peel as well as delicate hints of the evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean macchia. The palate is fresh and intense, balancing the sweetness nicely. The finish is long & persistent. This will keep for over 20 years.

What a bomb! This passito is awesome! Honey and raisin, with burnt orange and marmelade notes. Such a complex bouquet of flowers and fruits. Pair it with cheese, desserts, nothing... Doesn't matter: just try it! 😍

I never understood dessert wine until today. While the wine community typically tend to prefer "dry" and i do as well, this was not just sweet but full of goodness of earth, blessing of fruits, winds and sunshine. What a privilege to taste such a golden liquid.

This is incredibly interesting. Unlike any dessert wine I’ve had. Apple blossom nose. Applesauce. Some cinnamon. Absolutely some apricot and peach masquerading in there too! Palate is even. More. Apple. Ever so slightly shallow finish that I wish had a touch more body. Doesn’t coat the mouth like a Sauternes might. But you’re trading that for some really cool floral notes which is so fun. Would pair brilliantly with an apple tart or crisp or cobbler. Wow!

My first dessert wine but enjoyed it very much! Perfect complexity and great balance from sweetness that cut through the crisp acidity of this dessert wine✨ Medium brown color with the pronounce aromas of dried tropical fruits, apricot, peach, prune, raisin, candy, caramel, orange zest and almond. Sweet, medium (+) acidity, high alc, full-bodied with pronounced flavor on the palate, and long finished. This wine is outstanding😍

Nose of quince, quince jam , raisin, cream, sweet cherry jam with walnuts (as my granny made), plum, rose. On palate: jammy, velvet, fruity and umami. Retro: sweet cherry and jam. Nice, tasty, lovely!

Hailing from the volcanic island of Pantelleria on the southern coast of Sicily, where winds are so strong that the grapes dry and shrivel, comes this unctuous delicacy. Viscous and amber in color, the wine gives spicy orange peel notes on the nose, which culminate in an intense and almost fortified quality on the palate.

Absolutely stellar dessert wine. Intense dried fig and plum, but with a pinch of coffee bitterness. Lingers a long time on the palate. Oxidative aging is well controlled in the bottle, but don't let this one get too old before drinking it.

VinItaly USA at Chicago’s Navy Pier Day 2 on 10/6/25. Decanter Masterclass: Italy’s Finest Wines - The Best in Show winners from DWWA 2025, guided by DWWA Regional Chair for Piedmont, Michaela Morris. 200% Zibibbo grown in sandy soils of volcanic origin. Average vine age 50-60 years. Sun dried grapes added to fermenting must in several stages over 30-40 days. Aged 5mo in stainless steel & 16mo in bottle. Deep golden brown almost orange like aged Sauternes. Perfumed with sweetness beyond sugar to

Großartiger Dessertwein! Honig, leichte Kräuternoten, viel Aprikose, Orangen (Marmelade und Zesten), u.v.m. Extrem langer Abgang.

2021 Дзибибо Ярко-оранжевый,янтарный Высоко-интенсивный аромат Личи,абрикосовое варенье,лаковость,лимонный мармелад Курага,абрикосовый джем,мед

il Passito !! veramente straordinario, dal gusto complesso ed avvolgente, fichi e frutta secca e tanto tanto piacere nel berlo

爽やかなアプリコット フォアグラとの相性良し

I have drunk so many bottles of Ben Rye, across different years, that i believe I would have realiazed by now if this wine was not good! On a nutshell Ben Rye is the essence of Sicily: flowers, honey, balanced acidity, a rainbow of joy and passion. Honey, apricot, arabian jasmine. At is best if you drink it decently cold (10c) and ideally during a beautiful Sicilian night, by the sea!

Reminds me of earl grey tea with dried stone fruits on the nose. On the palate, apricots, peaches, and bergamot. Absolutely delicious! Essential drinking.

濃縮マスカットワイン、リキュールの様な味わい。デザートワインの王道

マスカット感が全開。 アプリコット、レーズン、アールグレイ、キャラメル、シナモン、オイルの香り。 複雑な香りと凄まじい凝縮感。何度飲んでも旨い。イタリア最高峰の甘口ワイン。

レーズン 乾燥アプリコット はちみつ マスカットを干して作られたデザートワイン。おいしい！

とても美味しいデザートワイン🍷

シチリアのデザートワイン はにみつ、杏子、ウイスキーのニュアンスがあり、イタリアンの、最後を複雑で美味しく締められました！！

ADV 美味しい 甘いけど酸が高い スパイスっぽさ 苦味も来るので飲みやすい、甘すぎない

ADV 美味しい 甘いけど酸が高い スパイスっぽさ 苦味も来るので飲みやすい、甘すぎない

試飲会。マスカットにレーズンのようなニュアンス。深みのある甘みでおいしい。

デザートワイン、樽香、ブランデー、程よい甘み@bubu

山吹オレンジ。 干し葡萄やマスカットのコンポート、アプリコット、パッションフルーツの香り。ボタニカルな香りも。 アタックは強め。干し葡萄ながら、鮮度がある。果実由来と塩味の余韻が長く続く。 アルコールの甘味に加え、フルーツからの甘味も感じる。 美味しい。割りと軽め。 合わせるなら、ナッツ系のタルトやアイス。 余り近代的ではない、つまり、伝統的な作り。

ナッツ はちみつ ロースト ブリオッシュ

普段飲まないデザートワインだけど、美味しい！なんだこれはー

シチリア州はドンナフガータのベン リエ パッシート、陰干ししたブドウから造られる甘口ワイン アプリコット～桃系をメインにいろんなフルーツの香りが溢れでるキレの良い甘さのデザートワイン

ミラノのトラットリアにて アプリコット　桃　オレンジピール 紅茶の様な品のあるタンニンや香り シチリアデザートと共に

シチリアの天日干しワイン。フレッシュなワインを少しブレンド。甘いだけでなく酸味もあり。

あんず系、デザートワイン

デザートワイン アプリコットのような甘味 ブランデーのようで深みもある 2020/2/12 シチリア　ドンナフガータ

はちみつ　Toki@代官山

美味いデザートワイン

今はなくなったイタリアンにて。 3.5ポイント。 当時相当おいしいと思ったデザートワイン。

香り高い 濃い甘さ 佐々木邸

デザートワイン。 杏系でとても品がある。 美味しい。