Ribas Blanc

This wine represents the return to simplicity and frankness, since up until not so long ago, the white Majorcan varieties would tend to get lost in fancy blends. We have eliminated the influence of other varieties like Chardonnay, to try to capture the delicate and elusive aromas of the Prensal Blanc variety. Our aim is that our young vines of Prensal provide the wine the fresh characteristic primary aromas. The old vines on the other hand, bring an unusual length with a lively and slightly bitter ending.

Sió Rosat

En plena revolución de los rosados, que cada vez van ganando más en complejidad, buscamos elaborar un vino gastronómico que muestre la singularidad de la variedad ancestral mallorquina Gargollassa.
Este vino es el resultado de más de una década de experimentación y de mucho esfuerzo por recuperar una variedad local, que de manera inexplicable se encontraba al borde de la extinción.
Antiguos documentos, incluyendo la célebre colección del archiduque Luis Salvador, la describen como una de las variedades más recomendadas para la elaboración de vinos de calidad en Mallorca.
El último año en el que la Gargollassa aparece en el inventario de variedades autorizadas fue en 1979, poco después desaparece del panorama vitícola probablemente debido a su bajo rendimiento y por lo tanto, poco interés en plantarla. Años más tarde, a finales de los 90, cuando el principal atractivo de una variedad estaba en la calidad del vino producido y no en la cantidad de uva, la recuperación de la Gargollassa crea mucha expectación y se buscan plantas que hayan podido quedar en fincas sin catalogar. En 1998, Bodega Ribas consigue localizar los 3 únicos ejemplares que quedan en la isla, y tras años de experimentación y multiplicación, presenta esta variedad de carácter singular con un gran potencial individual. Esta variedad pre filoxérica descendiente de las variedades Heben y Monastrell, ha llegado a recordar a muchos a una Pinot Noir por sus matices delicados y elegantes.

Ribas Negre

In this wine we want the Mediterranean character of Mantonegro to stand out , we aim for an intense but smooth entry. The fruityness of the Mantonergo in its most open and straightforward versión, with no frills. The rest of the varieties are mere companions.

Sió Blanc

White wine well suited for laying down made from our old vines of Prensal, Giró ros and barrel aged Viognier. We look here for length and complexity. The Prensal variety stands out for its finesse in the nose when the vines are young, but only the older vines will bring the structure and length required by the wine to age well. Besides the age of the vines, the vineyard management is also fundamental. It is important to limit the production, to make a strict control over the maturity of the fruit to avoid overripeness and to keep the right acidity that will allow a long aging in the barrel and in the bottles.

Sió Negre

This wine made mostly of old Mantonegro vines was conceived as a tribute to our grand-mother Sió (or Concepció), who was the one who backed up the modernization of the winery by her daughters, a little over 3 decades ago. Our priority is to obtain the balance of the wine directly from the vineyard. The Mantonegro variety stands out for its great aromatic expressiveness, but tends to produce wines excessively warm, oxidative and with a high alcohol strength. With Sió, we look for concentration and varietal tipicity without giving up freshness. That can only be achieved with the appropriate management of the old vines. The characteristic river stones that cover the vineyard of Can Ribas help counteract the adverse climate effects and to avoid strong differences between vintages.

Sioneta Blanc

Naturally sweet late harvest wine produced from small bunches of small-berried Muscat grapes that have been over-ripened and dried on the vine.

Sioneta Rosat

Naturally sweet late harvest wine produced from small bunches of small-berried Muscat grapes that have been over-ripened and dried on the vine.

Ribas de Cabrera

This wine is the result of an exhaustive study of the Mantonegro variety, of its clones and of the specific soil of the Can Ribas vineyard. The aim of such investigation is to be able to show the different sides of the variety depending on the management of the vineyard, which in the case of Ribas de Cabrera appears through aromatic complexity and expression of the terroir, highlighting the sweet appeal of the black fruits specific to the variety and the fresh, balsamic and mineral notes typical of the old vines.

Representative of the great potential of Mallorca’s oldest Mantonegro vines; Ribas de Cabrera is made only in years of exceptional harvest from a selection of the best vine stocks and clusters

Desconfío de la gente que no bebe

“I don ́t trust anyone who doesn ́t drink” – Humphrey Bogart.
This phrase said by many, and attributed to Bogart, has been following me for over 20 years, when a journalist used it to title an interview done to my Aunt Joana Oliver (then co-owner along with my mother of Bodega Ribas). The accuracy of this statement was the equivalent of a sentence that left a mark on me and inspired me to try to get rid of any subterfuge that could nurture distrust (if you do not drink it will not be because of a lack of quality).

Too much time hearing voices having no faith on the quality on the Mantonegro variety, doubting about its capacity to hold a complete and complex wine, particularly when it comes from Mallorca’s oldest vines.

Thus, after some personal failures and many foreign ones, we are presenting a wine that in our opinion does justice and ennobles our native variety. And, finally it allows the enjoyment of its singularity without any complements to disguise it.

Javier Servera Ribas

Soma

The choice of the Viognier variety comes from Javier Servera Ribas’s first professional experience with the winemaker Jean-Luc Colombo, who in 2005 introduced him to the then atypical variety that had just come to light in the world of wine. At his return from France, he introduced the wine to his aunt, Sioneta Oliver. She proposed to make a new monovarietal wine and gave the fields required to plant the new vines. That is why her name is on the label of the bottle. Viognier has adapted perfectly to the Consell vineyard and its sandy and calcareous soil that keep the production down and allows for this unique version.

L’Amo en Joan

This is a tribute to our vineyard manager l’Amo en Joan, who in 2017 turned 90 years old. Joan Colom has dedicated most of his life looking after the Can Ribas vineyards, following the family tradition. The Mantonegro vines that produced this wine were actually planted by him, when he started working at the winery, and the traditional approach evokes the wine making style used a few decades ago, when the spicy notes used to be more dominating in wines.