White
Derthona La Zerba
By Cantine Volpi, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
Timorasso Derthona from the family's organic Cascina La Zerba vineyards, 10 months in cement.
Tasting notes
Clear, bright golden yellow. Intense bouquet of white flowers and boxwood flowers, then exotic fruit, pineapple and passion fruit in particular. Fresh and mineral on the palate, good structure that lingers.
Pairs well with
Starters, rice and pasta first courses, sea and freshwater fish
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi DOC Timorasso Derthona
- Grape
- Timorasso 100%
- Production area
- Colli Tortonesi, Volpedo (Cascina La Zerba)
- Vinification
- Destemmed and pressed; fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 12-15°C; no malolactic fermentation; batonnage. Aged 10 months in cement.
- Storage
- Store below 25°C at 50-70% humidity; 5 years in closed bottle, 3 days once opened
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