Montesissa Emilio

The Emilio Montesissa winery is a lively wine-producing reality in the Colli Piacentini, passionately and creatively led by Elisabetta Montesissa, an artist winemaker who loves nature and works in full respect of environmental protection and consumer health. Committed for three generations to cultivating the land on the hills of Val Chero, the Montesissa family is now known for producing expressive and unconventional wines, made from indigenous grape varieties and closely linked to the Piacentino territory.

The vineyards of the Emilio Montesissa winery extend in the locality of Case Biasini, in a hilly area populated by medieval castles, where the vine has been cultivated since Roman times. The training method chosen by Elisabetta is that of the traditional Piacentino guyot, with grassed rows and very low yields per hectare. The grapes are hand-picked into small boxes and then taken to the winery, where fermentation occurs spontaneously in steel. In spring, the wines undergo a second natural fermentation, acquiring that lively and expressive charactertypical of the territory.

The Emilio Montesissa wines are born from traditional Emilian grape varieties: Malvasia di Candia, Ortugo, Barbera, and Croatina. From the white grapes, Elisabetta produces a refreshing and thirst-quenching wine called Bonissima, with an aromatic profile similar to that of a weiss beer. From the red grape varieties, on the other hand, soft and velvety wines are produced, with a spicy and satisfying personality, such as Rio Fratta and Rio Mora. These are wines that can be considered as fruits that have spontaneously sprung from the earth, products of a great peasant culture.