2020 La Stoppa VDT Bianco Ageno

Ageno is La Stoppa's only dry white wine, named after Giancarlo Ageno, the lawyer and founder who first recognized the potential of this historic Piacenza estate in Emilia-Romagna. The wine is produced from co-planted vines averaging 30 years old, comprising 90% Malvasia di Candia with 10% Ortrugo and Trebbiano Toscano. This extraordinary orange wine undergoes extended skin maceration lasting at least 4 months with native yeast fermentation and no sulfur additions. Following malolactic fermentation, the wine ages in 40-hectoliter Slavonian oak botti for at least 2 years, plus additional bottle aging before release. Vintages are released when deemed fully ready rather than in chronological sequence.