White
Timorasso
By Oltretorrente, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
Pure Timorasso from north-facing young vineyards, whole-bunch pressed and aged about ten months in concrete. The producer's sheet also calls it Derthona.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi DOC Timorasso
- Grape
- Timorasso 100%
- Production area
- Paderna; Rampone and Simonelli parcels (importer)
- Soil
- Calcareous limestone (silty calcareous per importer)
- Exposure
- North
- Vineyard planting
- New vineyards and a 20-year-old vineyard. Importer: Rampone and Simonelli parcels, 2 hectares, planted 1996 to 2016 at 300 m.
- Vinification
- No destemming, soft pressing of whole bunches, then about 10 months of ageing in concrete tanks. Importer: spontaneous fermentation in concrete, no malolactic fermentation, on the fine lees.
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