# Derthona (Roberto Ghio)

> White by [Roberto Ghio](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/roberto-ghio.md), Gavi, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/roberto-ghio-derthona).

- **Producer:** Roberto Ghio
- **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
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

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.