Chardonnay An Piota, Forti del Vento (75cl)

This is another fantastic and truly different wine, a natural orange wine made with chardonnay from a 50 year old vineyard, with a very reduced yields, and then "made" in the amphora.

Everything happens in the amphora, from the long vinification on the skins (about a couple of months), to the pressing with the wine remaining on the fine lees for until the bottling. The result is a natural orange wine with a complex nose, with fruity and floral notes, with a big palate, full, rich, fruity, elegant. This wine does not contain added sulphites, it is made using the yeasts naturally present on the grapes, not filtered other than decanting and pressing.

The An Piota natural orange wine is a fantastic wine for important dishes, including fresh cheeses. Orange wine doesn't get any better than that.

Forti del vento is Marco, Manuela and Tomaso that have taken over from their grandparents the love for work and the discipline of the land and an innovative spirit. The name Forti del Vento stands for strength and lightness; matter and spirit. Forti del Vento wines are about ancient and natural methods, preserving the woods and hedges and consider insects their allies for maintaining the richness deriving from biodiversity.

Forti del Vento is biodynamic agriculture. The Forti del Vento winery and vineyards, 7 hectares growing native local grapes, is located in the Alto Monferrato, Piedmont. The vineyards are located in the heart of the Dolcetto area, about about 300m above sea level. Their goal is to make wines that talks about their work, the respect for the territory, the grapes that come from. They like found themselves in a glass of wine instead of getting lost in a glass of water.

Together with Dolcetto they grow barbera, chardonnay, albarossa and cortese.