LA MORELLA
📍 Piedmont | Colli Tortonesi
🍇 Barbera, Dolcetto, Cortese, Timorasso
🧑🌾 Organic agricolture
The resistance of the bulk in the cellar, from the demijohn to the bag in box.
La Morella di Carezzano is an old-school organic and natural winery in the Colli Tortonesi, run by Enio Ferretti and his sister Rita – the winery's real multitasker – who are now supported by the young and keen Sofia, the new kid on the block. Chatting with Enio Ferretti is like chatting with your own father. The older generation of those who used to buy the bulk wine in demijohn directly on the farm, drink a glass with the producer and experienced bottling in the cellar at home as a ritual. And the new generation of people living in a two-room apartment in the city, with no cellar, no lift and no desire to bottle their own wine. Enio has responded to this need by filling bag-in-boxes, preserving the tradition of bulk wine and at the same time adapting to the needs of younger people.
La Morella is a 360° farm where wheat, fodder and vegetables are grown, cows and chickens are reared and artisanal wine is made from the typical varieties of Colli Tortonesi: Cortese and Timorasso, Barbera and Dolcetto. Radical and straightforward, Enio tries to do as little as possible in the cellar: zero sulphites and little handling of the musts, giving the wine time to evolve.
La Morella winery is also Enio’s house and is always open and has become a meeting point in Carezzano Superiore: try to pass by around aperitif time, you'll find a pallet laden with snacks and a few open bottles.
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