Timorasso, Derthona, Vietti 2024
Vinous 93 (2026); Falstaff 93
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Why this wine
Timorasso was nearly extinct forty years ago and is now Piedmont's most serious white grape, which is why Vietti bought into Colli Tortonesi to make one. Ten months in ceramic, steel and large oak with regular batonnage give texture without blunting the cut.
At a glance
- Grape
- Timorasso
- Region
- Piedmont, Italy
- Alcohol
- 13.50%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Medium (5-10 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Poultry & Pork, Seafood, Rich & Creamy Dishes
How it tastes
Pear and peach with a floral lift and a thread of honey, all held over a mineral freshness. Medium-bodied and smooth, the texture creamy from lees stirring, the acidity bright because the wine was kept from malolactic fermentation. Timorasso 100%.
The producer
The Vietti family has made wine at Castiglione Falletto in the Langhe since the 1800s, when Carlo Vietti founded the winery, and was among the first to bottle single-vineyard Barolo crus, beginning with Rocche di Castiglione in 1961; the Krause family bought the estate in 2016 and added new crus, including land in Colli Tortonesi. Derthona takes its name from the local dialect word for the town of Tortona, and the Timorasso, an ancient Piedmontese variety that was close to extinction in the 1980s, is hand-harvested from sites in and around Monleale facing southeast to southwest on calcareous marl. The grapes were destemmed and gently pressed, fermented with selected yeasts mostly in ceramic vessels with smaller portions in stainless steel and large oak casks, then matured for ten months in those same vessels with frequent batonnage; malolactic fermentation was avoided to hold the crisp style.
Food and drinking
Serve at 10-12C. Good with roast chicken, veal in a creamy sauce, grilled langoustines or a hard alpine cheese. Drink over the next five to ten years; no decanting required. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.