Colli Tortonese Rosso

About the Wine

Michele Conoscente and Chiara Penati established their small artisanal winery in 2010 in Paderna, a tiny village in the hills of the Tortona region in Piedmont. “Oltretorrente” means “beyond the stream” – a name taken from a novel whose themes include starting from zero and taking brave leaps. They began with a small parcel of land, nursing back to life the old and abandoned Timorasso vines they found there. Now they have seven hectares, with vines ranging from fifteen to more than one hundred years old. The Colli Tortonesi Rosso, a blend of Barbera and Dolcetto (along with a number of other aromatic varieties that grow sporadically among these vines), spends about three weeks on the skins and also ages in concrete.