Colli Piacentini DOC dates from 1984 and is located in the Piacenza hills (Colli Piacentini) in the extreme west of the Emilia-Romagna region in north-east Italy where the boundaries of both the Piedmont (Piemonte) and Lombardy (Lombardia) regions converge.

Grape varieties: Barbera (r). | Bonarda (r). | Ortrugo (w). | Melara (w). | Trebbianino (w).

Wines

White wines: Colli Piacentini Malvasia is ‘usually off-dry and semi-sparkling,’ (David Gleave MW: 1989, p.90). See also Gutturnio DOC. 

Sweet wines: Colli Piacentini DOC Vin Santo di Vigoleno.

Wineries

Certified organic: Denavolo. | La Stoppa.

No certification: Castello di Luzzano.