As anyone who knew him well will know, Diego Planeta’s vision always had a decade as his smallest unit of measurement, and a generation as his nearest horizon. In the mid-1980’s he had no problem persuading his brothers and sisters, as they all trusted him implicitly, to plant the first rows of Chardonnay vines and other ‘non conventional’ varieties. His first objective was to initiate a production for the following decade which would excel in the range of Sicilian wines and, as he liked to say, ‘would put Sicily once again on the map’.
But very clearly in his mind there was a second and still more ambitious objective which he had tacitly entrusted to the next generation, that of his children, his nephews and nieces, based on what was planned and then took place in the following thirty years; to produce wines aimed at competing on the world stage, among the great wine regions in which Sicily was fully entitled to participate. This was the integral part of his vision. This legacy from 2014 has become Didacus – from the nickname given by his beloved father to Diego – a wine dedicated to the founder and his vision, to this most difficult and most inspiring challenge. Only time – the only judge and as irrevocable for wine as for men – will determine the outcome of this challenge. Our generation has devoted and will continue to devote all their energies, their abilities and every possible resource to enable Diego Planeta’s vision to become reality.

Sicilia Menfi DOC

Rainy winter and slightly cooler temperatures than 2017. The months of May and June were particularly rainy, with moderately intense heatwaves, which promoted the correct development of the vegetative and reproductive cycles of the vines without water stress; furthermore, the physiological development of the vines benefited from the mild mean temperatures. During August and September, when the grapes were ripening, several rainy events, together with the absence of the sirocco winds, postponed the harvest time. Harvest time was delayed by the moderately hot summer, cooled by the September rain and by the absence of the sirocco winds. This vintage gave us intermediate-high quality grapes with outstanding sugar and acidity levels as well as an excellent aroma. The long and homogeneous ripening of the bunches of grapes produced soft red wines, rich in color and fruity scents.