White
Piccolo Derthona
By Giacomo Boveri, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
Derthona from the estate's young Timorasso vines in Costa Vescovato, rested on the lees for 5 to 6 months. The producer positions it as the 'petit' below the single-vineyard Derthonas.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi DOC Derthona
- Grape
- Timorasso 100%
- Production area
- Costa Vescovato (AL)
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- Early September, by hand in boxes
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 2013, 250 m above sea level, 0.83 x 2.60 m spacing, Guyot training, 85 q/ha. Fertilised with organic-based products, green manure in alternate rows, mechanical weeding. Since 2019 the estate has followed the DTP Passione & Ragione sustainable viticulture protocol.
- Vinification
- Soft pressing, clarification of the must, then alcoholic fermentation at a controlled 18 °C. After the first racking the wine rests on its fine lees for 5 to 6 months until bottling.
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