Official website for tourism in the Aosta Valley
The cooperative collects, matures and sells the Fontina cheese.
The cooperative’s products are available for sale in four chalet shops in all Aosta Valley:
The Visitors Centre of Valpelline can be visited and you will find more information here.
The small Noussan winery was founded in 2004, but already in 1999 when Franco took over the vineyards of his wife Gabriella’s family, he began the recovery of the old vineyards by planting petit rouge, mayolet, fumin and pinot gris.
Initially, the production was aimed at family consumption, then in 2003 the decision was made to rent other vineyards, so as to have an area of 5.500 meters, and to found a regulated company for the production and marketing of wine.
Processing in the vineyard is totally manual and is carried out with great passion and respect for nature; for some years no type of herbicide has been used, the shoots and the grass are chopped on the site to favor the decomposition thus forming a rich soil of humus; fertilizations are carried out only with manure, and only the pesticide products allowed by the EU regulations for agri-environmental measures are used.
The current surface area is 2.4 hectares of vineyards divided up among five municipalities, Saint-Christophe, Quart, Saint-Pierre, Sarre and Aosta; about 10.000 bottles are produced.
The products
Red DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) wines: Torrette, Torrette Supérieur vigne La Prieure, Pinot Noir, Fumin
White wines DOP: Pinot Gris (Blanc du Tzanté), Petite Arvine (Toules)
Other wines
Red wines: Saint’Ours (blend)
The visit
You can visit the winery and the vineyards, with the possibility of wine tasting.
The company can be visited all year round, upon reservation, for a maximum of 10 people.
Tasting of five wines: € 10.00 per person.
Languages spoken: Italian and French.
How to get there
Google Maps: Società agricola Noussan.
The company is certified organic and works in an environmentally sustainable way, using neither chemicals in the vineyard nor enological additives in the winery except for the use of sulphites which are used only in some cases and in very low doses.
The products
The company does not produce DOC (Controlled Denomination of Origin) (DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) wines; it produces red, rosé and white and macerated white (orange) table wines.
Direct sale at the winery upon reservation.
The visit
The winery and the vineyards can be visited, with the possibility of wine tastings.
Costs for the visit and tastings per person:
the costs vary according to the type of visit, the advance notice helps to accommodate in the best possible way.
The company can be visited all year round, upon reservation.
Minimum and maximum number of visitors: min 1, max 10; larger groups must notify at least 15 days in advance.
Languages spoken: Italian, French and English.
How to get there
From Quart state highway 26, head towards Saint-Christophe, go up a few hairpin bends from the centre.
