2023 DERTHONA TIMORASSO

TRY ME IF YOU LOVE: Chablis

ABV: 13.5%

GRAPES: 100% Timorasso

TASTING NOTES: Straw yellow in colour, this Timorasso offers a bouquet with distinctive oxidative hints of flint, a character that develops beautifully with age. On the palate, it is dry and decisive, balancing freshness with solid body and structure.

PAIRS WITH: Perfect with cured meats, cheeses, white meat, fish, and root vegetables.

SERVE ME: Chilled pop in the fridge for a couple of hours

Locals call Roberto Ghio a “wine philosopher” — the seventh generation of his family to craft wine in Gavi. His organic-certified vineyards sit in a unique corner of Piedmont, where soils have been shaped by centuries of exchange between inland and coast, and the vines are brushed by Ligurian sea breezes.

Timorasso ia an obscure, almost extinct white grape grown in one corner of Piedmont that has re-emerged in just a few decades and is now gearing up to be the next star name of Italy’s northwest.