We produce organic wines of quality from high-altitude vines, respecting the territory and community.
Welcome to Our Sicily, nestled between sea and land with hills, plains and great passions. Welcome amongst Our People, who have given new meaning to the most deeply rooted stereotypes.
Get to know the value of those who have been enriched by influences from and fusions with other cultures and who preserve precious traces of French savoir faire in their DNA. Discover the value of words like respect for our roots, honor towards the earth, repose while waiting for time to give us back the best part of the wine and the best part of ourselves and family, the unified community with which we share the deepest principles.
But, above all, get in touch with Modern Sicily, based on work, innovation and understated elegance.
1997
Count Paolo Marzotto establishes Baglio di Pianetto, transforming his love for Sicily and wine into a carefully tended viticultural system and cutting-edge winery, capable of bringing wealth to the area and the entire community living there. Sustainability is already among the most important words that guide the production of unique and authentic wines.
2002
The first white wine (Ficiligno 2001) and the first red wine, (Ramione 2000) are produced, both symbols of great expressiveness and the result of the union between Sicilian and French winemaking traditions.
2002
The new wine cellar is inaugurated: the only one of its kind, completely sustainable and with vertical development currently capable of producing over 900,000 bottles a year of excellent wines that are born and developed in the vineyard.
2014
The Viafrancia project is born: “A French imprint on Sicilian land” (Quote by Count Paolo Marzotto).
(Cit. Conte Paolo Marzotto).
2019
The first two vintages would be subsequently presented in 2019, with Viafrancia Bianco 2016 and Viafrancia Rosso 2014.
2023
Grégoire Desforges, the grandson of Count Marzotto, takes over the helm of the winery, fully embracing the philosophy of excellence and eco-sustainability, with the aim of continuing to produce high-altitude wine that expresses all the nuances of a unique terroir.
2024
The new company vision leads to the choice of concentrating the vineyard only in the areas of Contrada Pianetto and Piana degli Albanesi, expanding production near the Portella della Ginestra memorial, with lands reaching 900 meters of altitude, giving life to a new concept of high-altitude wine.
2024 February
Grégoire Desforges, the grandson of Count Marzotto, takes over the helm of the winery, fully embracing the philosophy of excellence and eco-sustainability, with the aim of continuing to produce high-altitude wine that expresses all the nuances of a unique terroir
The first white wine (Ficiligno 2001) and the first red wine, (Ramione 2000) are produced, both symbols of great expressiveness and the result of the union between Sicilian and French winemaking traditions.
In the municipality of Santa Cristina Gela, in the province of Palermo, Tenuta Baglio di Pianetto is located in a suggestive hilly amphitheater that reaches an altitude, unusual for Sicily, of just over 900 meters above sea level. For this reason, it enjoys particular climatic conditions that, combined with an extraordinary variety of soil, give the grapes a unique aromatic profile.
On the 106 hectares of vineyards cultivated on high ground, there is the ancient family home transformed into an elegant hospitality center and an innovative vertically developed wine cellar intended for production, where private visits and introductory wine courses are organized.
This selection interprets the essence of the territory and its oenological vocation, highlighting the qualities of a specific micro-zone linked to a single road, Via Francia (which takes its name from the Via Francigena), where the Baglio di Pianetto winery is located. The emblematic name is almost a sign of destiny if we consider the family’s connection with France.
This selection interprets the essence of the territory and its oenological vocation, highlighting the qualities of a specific micro-zone linked to a single road, Via Francia (which takes its name from the Via Francigena), where the Baglio di Pianetto winery is located. The emblematic name is almost a sign of destiny if we consider the family’s connection with France.
This is our selection of monovarietal wines, the result of grapes that only come from a specific vine to obtain a product that we consider authentic and genuine, capable of maintaining particular gustatory and aromatic characteristics dictated by the terroir.
