White
Derthona
By Voerzio Martini, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Timorasso from the Colli Tortonesi, 100% Timorasso planted in 1990 on silty limestone at 350 m, fermented cold in autoclave.
Tasting notes
Intense straw yellow. Ample, rich, full-bodied nose with pear, peach, acacia flowers and honey; with bottle age more complex hydrocarbon notes emerge. Warm, soft and well balanced between high alcohol and organic acids, rich in fruit and well structured, with long ageing potential.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi DOC Timorasso
- Grape
- Timorasso 100%
- Soil
- Silty limestone. Altitude 350 m.
- Exposure
- South East (Italian page; English page says South West to West)
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1990, Guyot training, 5,000 vines per hectare. About two manual green harvests thin the crop.
- Vinification
- Hand harvest in small crates. 12 hours of cold cryomaceration on the crushed grapes with dry ice, then alcoholic fermentation in autoclave at 15 to 16 C to limit contact with oxygen. Post-fermentation operations under nitrogen.
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