2024 Borgogno Giacomo - Colli Tortonesi DOC Timorasso Derthona (750ml)

Giacomo Borgogno & Figli has been making wine in the Langhe town of Barolo since 1761, making it one of the oldest continuously operating wineries in Piedmont. The estate played a formative role in shaping Barolo itself, and under Cesare Borgogno's leadership in the 1920s it became one of the first Piedmontese producers to build a real export business abroad.

Derthona is made from 100 percent Timorasso grown in Monleale and the surrounding hills of the Colli Tortonesi, on clay and limestone soils at around 250 meters of elevation, trained in the Guyot system and harvested by hand at the end of September. After a short cold maceration in steel, the must settles before undergoing spontaneous fermentation in concrete tanks at a controlled 17 degrees Celsius over roughly 25 days. The wine then spends ten months refining in steel and a further seven months resting in bottle before release, at around 14 percent alcohol.

The wine pours a clear, intense yellow and opens with layered aromas of pear, peach, acacia blossom, and hawthorn, rounded out by a hint of honey. The palate is fresh and mineral driven, closing on the characteristic bitter almond note that marks a good Timorasso.