La Stoppa is a winery in North-West Emilia-Romagna, run by Elena Pantaleoni. The vines were worked organically from the early 90s and La Stoppa received organic certification in 2008. The wines qualify for Colli Piacentini DOC, but are bottled as Emilia IGT because she feels that the rules of the DOC do not allow the authenticity of the terroir to speak. Her stances on the necessity of truly artisan (as opposed to industrial) production, the use of indigenous grape varieties, yeasts and minimal intervention in the cantina have made her a leading voice for devotees of natural, artisanal wine.
The Ageno is a skin contact wine, with approximately three months of contact. Light bodied, dry and tannic, with layer upon layer of complexity. One for the orange wine enthusiast.
