Ottin

Ottin was founded by Elio Ottin in 1989, who at the age of 23 acquired his first plots of land between the municipalities of Quart and Saint-Christophe. He was handed rough, steep terrain with coarse-grained soil, but with a passion for farming he revived the land to unearth minerals and sandy soils that now create the hallmark terroir of these Valdostan mountain wines. With a deep-rooted belief that the farmer is a scholar of the earth and someone who gives life, Ottin very much grew from “the fruit of a passion.”

In 1999, Ottin’s passion led to the expansion of 13 hectares of farmland — 4 ha of vineyards, 4 ha of apple orchards, and 5 ha of grazing land — with an additional 3 hectares acquired in 2014. In 2007, his dreams came true and he produced his first vintage of wines, totaling 30,000 bottles that included three types: Petite Arvine, Pinot Noir, and Torrette Superieur. The vineyards are located 650-700 meters above sea level with south-facing exposure and vines (planted between 1990 and 2014) trained on guyot with a density of 8,000 vines per hectare.

The following years he added Fumin (a native monovarietal wine) and in 2011 Nuances, a selection of Petite Arvine vinified in large neutral oak barrels. The Fumin vineyards, planted in 2006, are located at 700 meters in altitude with south-facing exposure, and also trained on guyot.

A system pivoting around the environment rather than the land, Ottin’s energy is produced by 100% renewable sources with electricity coming from both mountain stream water and solar panels, and heating systems powered by solar panels and vegetation biomass plants (woodchip and woodland timber). In addition, the vineyards are fertilized exclusively with manure from their own cows. In every sip, Ottin wines communicate a history that reflects enrichment, belief in the land, and its producer’s personality.

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