White
Derthona
By Roberto Ghio, Gavi, Piemonte, Italy
Timorasso from 1.5 ha of organic vineyard in the southern Tortonese, aged on the lees in small wood and at least a year in bottle, about 14% alcohol.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Grape
- Timorasso
- Production area
- Southern part of the Tortonese
- Soil
- Blue marls of the Tortonian
- Harvest
- Mid September, hand-picked with selection of the best bunches in the vineyard
- Vineyard planting
- 1.5 ha; organic farming; low Guyot; 60 q/ha
- Vinification
- Destemming and soft pressing; the must ferments and rests on the lees in small steam-bent wood with batonnage, then a short passage in steel; cold stabilisation and at least a year of bottle ageing (at least 6 months in glass). Organic wine made with indigenous yeasts.
- Serving temperature
- 10 to 12 °C
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