White
Piccolo Derthona
By Cantina di Tortona, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
Piccolo Derthona is Cantina di Tortona's young, immediate expression of Timorasso, made from newly planted vines between Viguzzolo, Tortona and Sarezzano and closed with a screw cap to preserve its aromatic freshness.
Tasting notes
Bright, deep straw yellow. Fresh citrus, white flowers, aromatic herbs and a clear mineral imprint on the nose, with emerging notes of ripe apricot and pineapple leading toward flint. Crisp, fresh and vertical on the palate, with lively acidity, great cleanliness and a long, savoury, crunchy finish, with returns of lemon, green apple and flint.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi DOC Timorasso
- Grape
- Timorasso
- Production area
- Avolasca, Viguzzolo, Sarezzano and the Vho hamlet of Tortona
- Soil
- Clay-limestone soil
- Exposure
- East to southeast, 250 m above sea level
- Harvest
- Around 20 September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, 10 buds per plant, 4,200 vines per hectare
- Vinification
- Hand harvested around 20 September with a 6 hour cryomaceration under inert atmosphere, fermented at controlled temperature, then aged 6 months on fine lees with constant stirring.
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