Region
Italy › Emilia-Romagna › Vino
Type
white · still
Grapes
Malvasia di Candia Aromatica
Alcohol
13.5%
Volume
750 mL
Sugar
0.6 g/L
Available at
- Sabotage
- Wine Bureau#Q4325
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About
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: 21 300 bottles
The 2019 season gave Emilia-Romagna about 20% less wine than 2018 but excellent quality: slow, balanced ripening after a rainy May, with strong day-night temperature swings giving more fragrant grapes, per the regional harvest report.
