Macchiona LA STOPPA, ELENA PANTALEONI, RIVERGARO, Emilia-Romagna 2018 cahors Malolactic conversion and ageing in

Malolactic conversion and ageing in fine-grained

Bruno and Jose Luís use artisanal methods and biodynamic techniques

Condrieu ‘Le Grand Vallon’: sourced from a single vineyard planted in 1991/92 and situated in the town of Saint Pierre de Bœuf

as well as old vines from the lower slopes of the Coteaux de Brézé

and citrus

Macchiona LA STOPPA, ELENA PANTALEONI, RIVERGARO, Emilia-Romagna 2018 cahors Malolactic conversion and ageing inRIVERGARO, Emilia Romagna La Stoppa spreads on 30 hectares of vines and 28 ha of forest on the first slopes of the Apennins in the South West part of Piacenza, at about 250 meters high. Here is a silty clay heavy soil, summers are dry and hot, and rains fall at end of automn or early spring. Elena Pantaleoni, the winemaker took over the family estate in 1993, helped by Giulio Armani, she rapidly guided the production toward the organic farming rules