Timorasso Derthona Collina Torinese 2018

VIETTI

Timorasso Derthona Collina Torinese
2018

  • Organic
  • Vegan
Country
Italy
Regulated designation
Denominaz. Orig. Protetta (DOP)
Region
Piedmont
Appellation
Collina Torinese
Classification
Not applicable
Varietal(s)
Timorasso 100 %
Alcohol percentage
13%
Colour
White
Sugar
Dry
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About this winery

The history of the Vietti winery traces its roots back to the 19th Century. Only at the beginning of the 20th century, however, did the Vietti name become a winery offering its own wines in bottle. Patriarch Mario Vietti, starting from 1919 made the first Vietti wines, selling most of the production in Italy. His most significant achievement was to transform the family farm, engaged in many fields, into a grape-growing and wine-producing business. Then, in 1952, Alfredo Currado (Luciana...

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Product notes

Winemaking: The grapes are selected from different vineyards located in Monleale (Alessandria Province), with a south-east and south-west exposure and a clay-limestone soil. Fermentation lasts 4 weeks and occurs partly in cermic and partly in wooden and stainless steel casks. It does not undergo malolactic fermentation. Aging: 10 months in ceramic, wooden and stainless steel casks, on fine lees maintained in suspension with batonnage.

Tasting notes

Clear, intense yellow colour with green hues. Pear and peach fruit scents. Aromas, of acacia and hawthorn flowers with typical honey notes. In some cases, after 2/3 years mineral notes are more intense and show hydrocarbons. On the palate it is dry, warm, soft and very well balanced, without edges. It has a long lingering finish with a good acidity.

Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 93 points -

Monica Larner, (Vintage 2019)

This new wine saw its debut last year with the 2018 vintage. Vietti and many others in Piedmont are adding Timorasso to their estate portfolios, thanks to the grape's ability to age and flesh out gracefully with more time in the bottle. This 2019 Colli Tortonesi Timorasso Derthona opens to a rather neutral bouquet at this young stage, with honey and lightly fragrant apricot. Primary fruit is at center stage, but we can expect the wine to settle into notes of crushed mineral and beeswax with time. This was a release of about 9,000 bottles.

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