Cantina "Di Barrò" di Rini Elvira Stefania

The Cantina Di Barrò of Rini Elvira Stefania is a family-run winery whose production is around 18,000-20,000 bottles per year. The company, which this year celebrates the twentieth anniversary of its activity, has independently managed the entire supply chain for three generations: from planting vineyards to marketing wine. The name of the company - Di Barrò - literally means "from the barrels / barrels" in the local dialect and refers to wooden barrels with a characteristic shape, belonging to the Valle d'Aosta tradition that in the past were used for transferring grapes to the cellar. hand-pressed directly in the vineyard, as well as for transporting the wine for sale. Furthermore, the word barrò also sums up the origins of the company since it is an acronym of the first letters of the surnames BARmaz and ROssan, former owners and in-laws of the current owner who, in the 1960s, continued to cultivate the family vineyards and were among the the first to boast the Valle d'Aosta Controlled Denomination of Origin. Since 1994 the company has its headquarters in Château Feuillet, in the commune of Saint-Pierre, and the vineyards extend for about three hectares mainly to Saint-Pierre, but also in the neighboring municipalities of Villeneuve, Sarre and Aymavilles. The range of wines produced, despite the size of the company, is quite wide and presents three white wines (Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Petite Arvine), seven red wines (Petit Rouge, Mayolet, Syrah, Fumin, Torrette, Torrette Supérieur, Torrette Supérieur Ostro) and a wine from overripe grapes (Lo Flapì). The passion for the vine, the imprint for the territory of origin and the regard for the grapes in the winemaking process represent the fundamental principles of the company philosophy. As for energy consumption, the company is autonomous: a system of photovoltaic panels of the latest generation aimed at producing energy without polluting emissions has been installed on a roof pitch and without spoiling the surrounding landscape. and CO2.