| Producer | La Stoppa |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna |
| Varietal | Blend |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 1110745 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Estate History: La Stoppa is an old winery in Emilia Romagna originally founded by a wealthy lawyer in the late 1800's. Elena Pantaleoni's father purchased the vineyards back in the early 70's. Elena eventually took the estate over and in 1996 she and head wine maker Giulio Armani decided to replant the entire 32 hectare estate with traditional grape varieties: Barbera and Bonarda. At some point in the past the vineyards had been replanted with international varieties but Elena and Giulio felt those grapes just didn't handle Emilia's climate as well as the native grapes did. That decision to turn their backs on modern commercial winemaking set them on a path to focus more and more on local traditional wine making.
Following the long tradition of dessert wines to complete a meal, La Stoppa offers their version: The name comes from the vineyard (the vines are 30-50 years old), which in turn comes from the name of the sharecropper that maintained this site for many years.
