Oltretorrente
TORTONA | ALESSANDRIA
PIEDMONT
| Founded: | 2010 | |
| Owner: | Chiara Penati & Michele Conoscente | |
| Winemaker: | Chiara Penati & Michele Conoscente | |
| Hectares under vines: | 7ha | |
| Altitude above sea level: | 300m | |
| Average annual production: | 40,000 bottles | |
| Green code: | Certified organic |
WHAT THEY SAY
Oltretorrente is a small, independent, artisanal, family-run, boutique winery set on top of the smooth hills of the Tortona region, in Piedmont. After several years spent in working for other more conventional wine realities (both Chiara and Michele are trained agronomists) we decided to start our own wine adventure. At Oltretorrente we have been protecting and maintaining very old vines planted up to a century ago (five ha of vineyards are 20 to 100 years old), in order to make wines that can embody all the history and biodiversity they come with. Our big aim is a balance between saving and preserving the legacy which old farmers left us and making high quality wines from these old vineyards with an organic approach, which is the best way to express the history, the soil, the identity of this area.
WHAT WE SAY
There is an extraordinary passion and duty of care shown by Chiara and Michele. They took on an extraordinary challenge by saving old vines from being ripped up. Old vines require more work and yields are much smaller - but the effort shines through in their wines.
WHAT OTHERS SAY
‘Wines full of character. Colli Tortonesi Rosso 2017 has a marked olfactory intensity, with evident hints of geranium, which develops in with measured tannins. The golden reflections that shine in the Colli Tortonesi Bianco 2017 are splendid, with intense notes of sage and wild herbs. Colli Tortonesi Timorasso 2016 presents floral and Mediterranean hints, and has a beautiful mineral profile, which flows into the characteristic sapid vein that unites all the Oltretorrente wines’. Vino Slow
WINES WE IMPORT:
WHITES: Cortese Colli Tortonesi DOC (Cortese ) Timorasso Colli Tortonesi DOC (Timorasso)
REDS: Rosso Colli Tortonesi DOC (90% Barbera, 10% Dolcetto)Barbera Superiore Colli Tortonesi DOC (Barbera)