2022 La Stoppa “Trebbiolo” Rosso

91 PTS

A vibrant and rustic red from Barbera and Bonarda, Trebbiolo is fermented naturally and bottled unfiltered. Juicy cherry and blackberry fruit is layered with earthy spice, leather, and wild herbs. This energetic and savory wine is ideal for pizza night or hearty pastas. No sulfites added, as pure and natural as it gets.

— Orazio Campoli, September 2026
About the Producer

La Stoppa occupies a nineteenth-century estate in the Val Trebbiola, in the Colli Piacentini hills of Emilia. Under Elena Pantaleoni, with Giulio Armani in the cellar, it abandoned international varieties in favour of the region’s own and became one of the reference points of Italian natural wine. Everything is fermented with native yeasts, made without additives and bottled unfiltered.

Ageno is among the wines that made extended skin contact legible to a wider audience: Malvasia di Candia Aromatica with Ortrugo and Trebbiano, macerated on the skins for weeks, deep golden, with dried citrus, tea leaf, honey and resin on a firm, tannic frame. Decades on, it remains one of the pinnacles of Italian orange wine.

The reds come from Barbera and Bonarda. Macchiona, from 70-year-old vines, is fermented in tank and aged in large Slavonian oak: wild, iron-tinged and age-worthy, with black fruit, dried flowers and balsamic herbs. Trebbiolo is the vibrant, rustic everyday red, fermented naturally with no added sulfites, full of cherry, blackberry, earthy spice and wild herbs.

Regional Guide

Emilia (IGT)

Grape Guide

Barbera

2016 La Stoppa “Macchiona” Rosso

95
Emilia (IGT) - Barbera / Bonarda

2020 La Stoppa “Ageno” Bianco

95
Emilia (IGT) - Malvasia / Trebbiano

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