2022 Vigneti Massa Timorasso Derthona, Piedmont, Italy

2022 Vigneti Massa Timorasso Derthona, Piedmont, Italy

Ripe peach, lemon oil, and subtle tropical notes on the nose, paired with white flowers and orange blossom. The texture of the wine is waxy, with a slightly oily mouthfeel and a fine, powdery grip from brief skin contact. Marked by signature "honeyed minerality," wet slate, almond, and a touch of savory bitterness on a long, clean finish.

$41.99
$41.99

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ABOUT THIS WINE

This wine is 100% Timorasso from the Colli Tortonesi hills in southeast Piedmont, Italy. The zone of the Colli Tortonesi is composed of various soils (clay, chalk, stone, sand) and is perched around the nearly-abandoned hilltop town of Monleale Alto, around 200-300 meters altitude. After harvest, fermentation is completed using indigenous (native) yeasts in stainless steel tanks between 18–22°C. Massa uses a short skin contact/maceration lasting roughly 48 to 60 hours to extract subtle tannins and complexity. The wine sees extended aging on fine lees with regular batonnage (lees stirring) in stainless steel, followed by several months of mandatory bottle aging before release.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Walter Massa is a contadino (farmer) with deep family roots in his native Colli Tortonesi who’s usually plowing his vineyards or buzzing around his cellar when someone arrives for a visit. He’ll then stop to spend hours pouring wines for, and talking with, the continual waves of journalists, sommeliers, importers, buyers, and just plain fans who make their way to his village of Monleale in the southeast corner of Piemonte. Massa is universally known as the Maestro di Timorasso — he rescued it from obscurity and near-extinction and now leads a renaissance of the variety in the Colli Tortonesi. But he also produces amazing and distinctive reds from the local varieties Barbera, Croatina, Freisa, and Nebbiolo. Besides being one of Italy’s truly great producers, he’s a stellar example of what the Italians call a personaggio — a real personality. 

Walter farms 22 hectares in eight distinct vineyard areas. Total production at Massa is about 13,000 cases, of which 5,000 is Timorasso. He produces amazing reds as well from the local grapes (Croatina, Barbera, Freisa, Nebbiolo). 

Details:

Grape(s) Timorasso
Farming Organic