ITALO

Colli Tortonesi DOC Timorasso

Vintage 2016 - Winner of the trophy for best white wine at the Prague Wine Trophi 2022

Robert Parker:" The skin-fermented Bottazzi 2018 Colli Tortonesi Derthona Timorasso Italo is a carefully and intentionally mature white wine with oxidative aromas of lemon preserves, dried rose and candied peach. It will be fascinating to taste this wine five years into the future; however, it is worth noting the 15.5% alcohol content" Vintage 2018 92 points

Viticulture: Timorasso. Density 4,600 vines per hectar. Few Treatments are aapplied in the plants, using only copper, sulfur and natural seeweed fertilizer. Soil is exclusivelly enriched with organic flavour

Vinification:This wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts and skin contact. It is aged in steael tanks for 2 years where it naturally decants with no need of filtration. Minimum sulfur dioxide is applied and only if necessary

Style: Gold in color. Nose combines restrained spicy and herbal notes. Searing acid, high alcohol and chalky minerality are the pillars of the wine. They are aligned with a powerful, rich and vibrant mid-palate, a full-bodied structure and a long finish.

Key features: Maturation in bottle is the clue. After 5 years, minerality will be more flinty and overall complexity more intense with graphite, musk and petrol notes. After 10-12 years, the wine will acquire a lacey delicacy and a silky texture. At every step, serve chilled (16°), but not cold to acess its Unique personality.
 

MONTEROSSO

Colli Tortonesi DOC Timorasso

Robert Parker:" The single-vineyard Bottazzi 2018 Colli Tortonesi Derthona Timorasso Monterosso offers lots of freshness and citrus in a wine style that is more reductive and tight overall You can count on more years of cellar aging with this bottle, although this is the more near-term of the two samples tasted" Vintage 2018 91 points

Viticulture: Tmorasso. Density 4,600 vines per hectar. Few Treatments are aapplied in the plants, using only copper, sulfur and natural seeweed fertilizer. Soil is exclusivelly enriched with organic flavour.

Vinification:This wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts and skin contact. It is aged in steael tanks for 2 years where it naturally decants with no need of filtration. Minimum sulfur dioxide is applied and only if necessary.

Style: Nose combines intense and persisntant herbal, floral, fruity and salty notes. The full-bodied palate integrates chalky minerality, alcohol and acidity, allowing for a long finish. Over time, all elements build a complex, multi-layer wine.

Key features: Maturation in bottle is the clue. After 3-5 years the different components will start to integrate. After 10 years, full expression and complexity will be reached. At every step, serve chilled (14°), but not cold to acess its Unique personality.
 

PICCOLO DERTHONA

Colli Tortonesi Bianco DOC

Viticulture: Density 4,600 vines per hectare. Few treatments are applied on the plants, using only copper, sulfur and natural seaweed fertilizer. Soil is exclusively enriched with organic matter.

Vinification: Fermentation is made with selected yeasts. The wine is then aged in still tanks for 8 months, batonnage is applied once a week during this period then filtration before bottling.

Style: This medium-body wine is easy & casual . Nose is fruity and floral with a lemon finish alcohol is 12.5%.

Key features: A wine born to suit your first encounter with Timorasso grape variety, that features its dominant traits like ( Sapidity , Freshness, Minerality ) to be served cold ( 12 grades ) ..