Mandirola Timorasso Colli Tortonesi Derthona 2022

Enrico Mandirola cites 1913 as the founding year of his family’s storied wine estate. In this year, Enrico’s great-grandfather purchased a small farm in the village of Casasco in the Colli Tortonesi, a hilly zone tucked in the southeastern corner of Piedmont and hemmed by the Apennine Mountains to the south. The original property was largely planted to grapes, grain, and corn. Over the course of the following century, the estate now known as Mandirola 1913 invested heavily in their vineyards, ultimately arriving at 11 hectares under vine today. Enrico’s production is centered on Timorasso, an exceptionally dynamic white wine grape renowned for its textural delight and uncommon ageworthiness. This estate holds the distinction of owning the oldest known plantings of Timorasso in the Colli Tortonesi within an historic vineyard named Tantèi, a site from which the earliest massale selections were taken to rescue Timorasso from extinction in the late 1980s.

Grape variety: 100% Timorasso Location: southwest facing slopes, 300m a.s.l. Soil type: clay over grey limestone Growing system: Guyot with a plant density of 4.000 p/ha. Age of vines: around 30 years Harvest: from end of September to the beginning of October. The grapes are picked by hand into baskets and transferred directly to the cellar. Processing: gentle grape pressing, temperature controlled fermentation and refinement on fine lees for at least 12 months. Tasting Notes: Intense, persistent with traces of fruit and flowers. Smooth and elegant with mineral ending scents. Taste: typical, mineral flavor, hints of mature plum; toasted almond at the end. Serving: Timorasso is a precious wine suitable to the whole meal. It excels as an accompaniment to tasty and cured cheese. It is an elegant support to dishes of white meat, patès and vegetarian servings. Timorasso enhances also the taste of the famous Piemontese ‘white truffle’.