Camporomano Barbera LA STOPPA, Elena Pantaleoni, Rivergaro, Emilia-Romagna 2013 Cuvée des Gueux North Canterbury

North Canterbury

but quickly decided that they could produce higher quality wines themselves

After establishing the 30ha family domaine as one of the true beacons of quality in the region

The pursuit of quality is the number one credo here

The whites are picked late to give them extra body and complexity

Camporomano Barbera LA STOPPA, Elena Pantaleoni, Rivergaro, Emilia-Romagna 2013 Cuvée des Gueux North CanterburyRIVERGARO, 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