Valle dell'Acate
The winery Valle dell'Acate was founded in 1981 by two ancient families
living in the Ragusa territory: Jacono Ricca and Ferreri dell'Anguilla,
who have been cultivating their vineyards with love and care for a very
long time. With a deep awareness of the historical value of their land,
they have developed both the viticultural and oenological potentials of
the autochthonous species of grapevines. The new generation (Gaetana Jacono
in particular) has been entrusted with the task of promoting the knowledge
of their products in Italy and all over the world. The winery operates in "contrada
Bidini" in the territory of Acate which together with Vittoria and
Cosimo, bounds a triangular area where, for at least three centuries, people
have been cultivating those grapes that make the most original and precious
red wine in eastern Sicily: Cerasuolo di Vittoria d.o.c and Frappato. The
vineyards stretch along the Dirillo Valley on natural slopes that the homonymous
river has been molding throughout the centuries. The typology of the landscape,
with its reeds along the river and thorny shrubs covering its steep slopes
marks also the cultivated land, which is characterized in its lowest side
by fine and more recent material, whereas in the area going up to the Acate
plateau it changes into a particular substrate composed of limy sandstone
interfaced with packets of clay. The old manor of Bidini and the vineyards
that bear its name are located on the latter type of soil, called Milaro.
The method of cultivation used is the Guyot system.
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