2012 La Stoppa 'Macchiona' Rosso

50% Barbera & 50% Bonarda. Macchiona is named for an old farmhouse in the estate vineyard. It is made with the estate's oldest vines (up to about 65 years old)farmed organically, with no fertilizers and with wild plants planted between rows. The fruit is harvested by hand, then destemmed and crushed. The juice is fermented with native yeasts and without sulfur in concrete and stainless steel; maceration with the skins lasts 45 days. The wine is aged for about 3 years in large Slavonian oak barrels. It is bottled unfiltered and aged for at least 2 more years before release; vintages are often not released in sequence. 2012 is the current release (as of 2022)