2018 Gaggiano - Gattinara Timoteo

Gattinara lies a good 60 miles north of Barbaresco and Barolo, but its soil structure is much closer to Mt. Etna—altogether volcanic, the difference being that the Alps are much older than Etna. The Langhe appellations have limestone and clay, and there’s none of that in Gattinara’s iron-rich red soils. The DOCG is the best known of the historic upper Piedmont appellations. Legend has it that Mercurino Arborio, Marchese de Gattinara, a local nobleman and wine lover who became the last imperial chancellor to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in the first half of the 16th century, did much to promote the wines of his region. Entering our century, Gattinara had the best-preserved viticulture of the upper appellations, thanks in large part to a couple of prominent wine producing families.

There’s a lot of pride among Gattinara producers. They have the distinct sense that their remote mountain foothill terroir can make an age-worthy wine of noble elegance, one that is very much of a Nebbiolo lover’s Nebbiolo.

Timoteo is named after Marco and Isabella’s son. The wine comes from their 1.7-acre parcel high in the Galizia vineyard (number 8 in the map linked below), farmed without pesticides and harvested by hand. Aged 24 months in neutral 500L barrels followed by 11 more in steel before bottling. The 2015 vintage made 1,200 bottle

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Availability: 5 Available
SKU: 99503
Manufacturer part number: MB1957099503
$35.99
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Products specifications
Wine
Country Italy
Region Piemonte
Appellation Gattinara DOCG
Color/Type Red
Bottle Size 750ml
Vintage 2018
Producer Gaggiano
Products specifications
Wine
Country Italy
Region Piemonte
Appellation Gattinara DOCG
Color/Type Red
Bottle Size 750ml
Vintage 2018
Producer Gaggiano
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