{"title":"June 18: Italian Whites","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"la-stoppa-vdt-bianco-ageno-2020","title":"La Stoppa, ‘Ageno’ Bianco Emilia IGT, Italy, 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eOverview of the Wine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLa Stoppa is an ancient company founded more than a hundred years ago. It is located in Emilia Romagna, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein Val Trebbiola, not far from the Trebbia river, in the province of Piacenza. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe company extends over 58 hectares of which 30 are vineyards and 28 are woods. In the second half of the 19th century, the lawyer Giancarlo Ageno discovered the wine-growing vocation of this place and began producing wines with significant and curious names such as Bordò, Bordò bianco, Pinò. In 1973 La Stoppa was purchased by the Pantaleoni family and, since the mid-1990s, Elena Pantaleoni has run the company. Elena, supported by Giulio Armani, has focused her work on the vineyard, managed according to the organic method certified by Suolo e Salute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe vineyard is cared for by letting the plant grow autonomously, without fertilisers or weed killers, only sulphur and copper treatments. All the work is done by hand, from pruning to tying, suckering, trimming, up to harvesting to ensure greater control and keep the quality of the grapes intact. The grapes from the youngest vines are intended for the production of young wines and the most prized grapes and from old vines for the production of long-aging wines. Since the mid-nineties, the cultivation of local varieties has been privileged: Barbera and Croatina for red grapes, Malvasia di Candia Aromatica for white grapes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrganic \u0026amp; Natural\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinemaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eElena Pantaleoni\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrape \/ Blend\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100% Malvasia di Candia Aromatica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eItaly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe different grapes are co-planted and the vines average 30 years in age. The fruit is picked together, destemmed and macerated with the skins for approximately a month (less time in warmer vintages, more in cooler ones); a cap of skins and seeds forms and is not broken but is kept moistened with the fermenting wine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull bodied, spicy and honeyed wine with haunting aromas of rose, musk, chamomile and thyme. Full of deep, pure, head-turning flavours, modulating from rose-water charm through clean apple-orchard fruit, oranges and rhubarb. Notes of cinnamon and ginger come through on the memorable finish. 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En su búsqueda intransigente de la calidad, la sostenibilidad y la autenticidad, Querciabella ha perfeccionado continuamente su enfoque de la viticultura biodinámica durante más de una década. Con viñedos ubicados en las áreas de Chianti Classico y Maremma de la Toscana, Querciabella ejemplifica la preservación consciente de la tradición a través de una elaboración del vino con visión de futuro, aunque completamente natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eEl Chianti Classico de Querciabella representa el pináculo de la fruta Sangiovese perfectamente expuesta y de gran altitud. Un hermoso acto de equilibrio entre una acidez fresca y atractiva, un sabor puro de fruta varietal y un carácter que se deriva del abastecimiento de uvas de los mejores sitios en tres de las mejores subzonas de la denominación. 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Elaborado con tal refinamiento que todos los sabores frescos y ácidos de bayas, especias, aromas de hierro y tabaco, y las notas terrosas aparecen todos a la vez, te hace maravillarte ante la naturaleza verdaderamente noble de una uva tradicionalmente muy voluble y difícil de complacer. Los tonos subyacentes del suelo juegan un papel central en la personalidad de este vino; la estructura firme está bien integrada con taninos sedosos que envuelven un núcleo elevado de fruta, típico del Sangiovese de calidad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e93 Puntos - Vinoso\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEl Chianti Classico 2018 es elegante, pulido y excepcionalmente hermoso. Como tantos vinos de 2018, el Chianti Classico es aromático y elegante al tacto, más delicadeza que potencia. Taninos sedosos envuelven un núcleo de brillante fruta Sangiovese. 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Extremely poor, the \"ponka\" naturally stresses the vines which produce very small quantities of grapes (1 to 1.5 kg x vine) and provide a distinctive minerality, typical of the Collio region. Keber's first bottled wines date back to 1957, although his family, originally from Vienna, has made wine for 350 years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdi deeply believes in the unique character of the Collio terroir and his objective is to make, starting with the 2008 vintage, only one white wine that will embody the tradition of the Collio by blending the three varieties that have been grown in the area since before the two great wars: Friulano, providing for body and structure, Malvasia Istriana to impart the aromatic component and Ribolla Gialla for its acidity. Edi’s young son, Kristian, follows his father’s maverick footsteps helping in every aspect of the production. The grapes are picked at their highest possible maturity levels and are then fermented and matured in old cement vats, which according to Edi, add an element of “soul” to the wine as opposed to the sterility of stainless steel. 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