Macchiona LA STOPPA, ELENA PANTALEONI, RIVERGARO, Emilia-Romagna 2018 MAGNUM grand cru chablis The Grillo comes from 9

The Grillo comes from 9 hectares of 20-to-30-year-old estate vines planted on the limestone-rich

as their aim is to achieve fruit ripeness rather than oak dominance

Grape: 100% Cabernet Franc

including fig

it remains restrained and nuanced on the palate through a long

Macchiona LA STOPPA, ELENA PANTALEONI, RIVERGARO, Emilia-Romagna 2018 MAGNUM grand cru chablis The Grillo comes from 9RIVERGARO, 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