Red
Timoteo
By Gaggiano, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
A Gattinara DOCG from Nebbiolo alone, aged 35 months with 24 in wood. First produced in 2014.
Tasting notes
Elegant and austere.
Pairs well with
Game and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Gattinara DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Gattinara, Galizia area
- Soil
- Large blocks of quartz and reddish-brown porphyry, with one of the lowest pH levels in the region.
- Exposure
- South-West/South-East
- Harvest
- First half of October
- Vineyard planting
- Classic Guyot. The Galizia vineyard at Gattinara is about 40 years old, with new vines planted alongside.
- Vinification
- Destemming and crushing; fermentation in stainless steel with pump-overs and delestage; maceration of 15 to 22 days. Aged 35 months in total, 24 of them in wood.
- Storage
- Ageing potential: 20 years.
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