La Spinetta Timorasso Derthona, Colli Tortonesi, Italy | 2024 | Half Case (6 x 750ml)

Tasting Notes

Yellow straw with golden reflections. The nose brings bergamot, aromatic herbs and acacia honey. On the palate it is savory and generous, with mineral notes woven through citrus and white flowers, and it closes long and clean. Timorasso is known for its structure and its ability to age, and this bottling shows both.

About This Wine

Timorasso is an ancient white grape native to Piedmont that came close to disappearing in the twentieth century before a small group of growers in the hills around Tortona brought it back. Giorgio Rivetti of La Spinetta, the Barbaresco estate behind the rhinoceros label, saw its potential and began making this wine with the 2019 vintage. He calls Timorasso the white Nebbiolo.

The fruit comes from organically farmed vineyards in the villages of Montemarzino, Montegioco and Monleale, at roughly 300 to 400 meters, facing southeast and southwest. The soils are calcareous marl and clay with some sand, close in character to those of Barolo and Barbaresco. The wine is 100% Timorasso, fermented in stainless steel and rested on its lees before bottling, with no oak.

Derthona is the old Roman name for Tortona, the town at the center of the Colli Tortonesi, and local producers adopted it to identify the Timorasso grown there.

Serving

Serve at 45 to 50°F in an all-purpose white glass; a short decant helps it open. It pairs well with white fish, shellfish and salty dishes such as cured meats and aged cheeses.

Producer: La Spinetta
Appellation: Colli Tortonesi DOC, Piedmont, Italy
Grape: 100% Timorasso
Farming: Certified organic
Format: Half case of six 750ml bottles