2023 Vietti Timorasso Derthona Colli Tortonesi 6pk 6x750ml

Vietti is one of Piedmont's most respected names, a house whose reputation rests on decades of brilliant Barolo and Barbaresco. When they turned their attention to Timorasso—a nearly extinct white grape revived in the last thirty years—they brought the same rigor and vineyard intelligence that built their reputation in red wine.

The 2023 Derthona is a blend from three distinct zones within the Colli Tortonesi appellation, each contributing texture, minerality, and aromatic complexity. The grapes are grown around Monleale in limestone and clay soils, fermented across ceramic vessels, oak casks, and stainless steel tanks over four weeks, then aged ten months on fine lees with regular batonnage. No malolactic fermentation—just structure, acidity, and precision.

Timorasso is not a polite white. It's phenolic, powerful, and built for the table—think of it as the white wine for Barolo drinkers. The 2023 is deep and resonant, layering peach, apricot, chamomile, and dried flowers over a core of chalky minerality.

There's honey, acacia blossom, and a bracing line of acidity that carries the wine across the palate and stretches the finish.

James Suckling scored it 96 points and called out the "amazing white peach aftertaste." Vinous noted the "deep, rich and phenolic" character and declared it "a rich, heady white for the dinner table." This is a wine that belongs next to braised veal, roasted chicken, or aged cheese—not a patio sipper.