Potenza Arancione 2022

Vecchio Consorzio 1953 is more than a winery; it is a sustainable territorial regeneration project born in the heart of the Piacenza Apennines. Seeing nearly a third of their local vineyards abandoned over the last two decades, veterans Massimiliano Croci and Pietro Gazzola decided to take action. They established this "collective" winery to restore faith in the farming industry by purchasing grapes at a fair, sustainable price from local farmers, ensuring that small-scale agriculture remains a viable way of life.

The project operates under a strict ethos: every grape must be grown using organic farming methods. In the cellar, Massimiliano and Pietro apply the minimal intervention techniques they’ve mastered over twenty years at their respective family estates. Using only indigenous yeasts, they favor ancestral methods such as skin maceration and spontaneous re-fermentation in the bottle. Housed in a restored 1950s agricultural consortium building in Bacedasco Basso, Vecchio Consorzio 1953 produces wines that are honest, vibrant, and political—a true collaborative effort to preserve the biodiversity and geological richness of the Colli Piacentini.