Ageno

This wine is named after the founder of La Stoppa, lawyer Ageno, who was the first to believe and give value the great potential of this area. The only dry white wine of the estate, obtained after a long spontaneous maceration from grapes of this hot and low yielding land. A person responsible for production is Giulio Armani.

• First Production: 2002
• Agriculture: Organic, natural green cover between the rows. No fertilizing, weed killers or pesticides
• Soil Type: Clay Silt
• Trellis System: Simple Guyot
• Age of vines: 20 years
• Density: 6000 plants per hectare
• Vinification: 4 months maceration on skins in stainless steel and/or cement tanks
• Fermentation and aging: Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, aged in 40 hectolitre wooden tanks and in bottle for a time necessary, no filtration or sulphites added
• Produced: 40 320 bottles

2020 was a quality year in the Piacenza hills, with Confagricoltura noting the aromatic intensity of the Malvasia di Candia of the Parma and Piacenza hills, even as hail trimmed local volumes by an estimated 15-20%.