Catavela Orange 2020

Denavolo is located in Emilia Romagna’s Piacenza Hills areal (precisely in the Val di Trebbia valley), renowned since ancient Roman times for its viticulture and winemaking tradition. It’s the brainchild and passion project of revered natural winemaker Giulio Armani, a truly charismatic pioneer of natural winemaking in Italy and beyond, who is also the winemaker at natural powerhouse La Stoppa.

Born in 2005, Denavolo has since its very inception sought to and amply succeeded in reviving and bringing to full glory Emilia’s local varieties and its ancient winemaking tradition. Sitting at about 500 mt of altitude, Giulio’s vineyards see ancient vines of mainly Malvasia di Candia, Ortrugo, Trebbiano, and Marsanne being farmed with rigorous natural and organic care on mostly calcareous soils.

As per Giulio’s signature style and firm beliefs, all wines see extended skin contact in the cellar during wild fermentation, in order to extract complex flavors and depth of character from the grapes. These are natural wines (orange wines all of them) that resonate and vibrate with a fascinating inner light, amber-colored of course.