Firriato's 2012 Perricone Ribeca is my favorite wine from this historic estate based in Trapani in southwestern Sicily. The wine is smooth and rich with deep penetration and a brooding, masculine style. The bouquet is redolent of dark fruit, plum, prune, pressed cherries, spice and dark pipe tobacco. Ribeca is tight and bold in terms of texture and it should hold forward for the next five years. Firriato is the only Sicilian estate I know of to offer a pure expression of the Perricone grape.