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Extract of Wine Club
Tasting Notes - Essential Mixed Case January 2010
2007 Derthona, Colli Tortonesi, La Colombera, Piedmont, Italy (code:
74148b)
Grape varieties: Timorasso
Style: Dry, medium-bodied white wine
Keeping guide: Now to 2012
Buyer's note: The Semino family estate, La Colombera, is one of
Piedmont’s rising stars. Based in the village of Vho, among the pretty,
calcareous clay hills of Tortona, it’s a third generation, 22 ha property
planted with the white grape Timorasso and the red grapes Barbera, Croatina and
Dolcetto. All are planted within a mile of the winery. In 1998 they took the
step of buying their vineyards before bottling their first vintage in 1999; a
new cantina/winery was installed and to cap it all, in 2000 daughter Elisa
returned from her viticultural studies in Milan to join her brother Lorenzo,
father Piercarlo and mother Luisa. When not bottling peaches with her mother,
Elisa sets a demanding pace as she is responsible for an exciting range of
wines.
Their flagship wines, Derthona (approx. 1000 cases/annum) and Il Montino (350
cases), are made from the Timorasso grape, an indigenous grape rightly being
revived. Neither wine sees oak, nor undergoes any malolactic conversion; the
style being somewhere between Savennieres and Chablis.
David Berry Green
Evaluate: Clear and bright with a mid lemon core and a pale rim. The
nose displays a sweetly fragrant note reminiscient of rhubarb and a lightly
floral note as well. The palate is bone dry with a medium body and zippy
acidity. The flavour characters in the mouth include gooseberry and rhubarb and
there is a mineral edge to this wine that lends interest to it. This is a happy
marriage of fleshy fruit and crisp structure. A long finish rounds it off.
Enjoy: Different and unusual this is an interesting alliance of
tongue tingling acidity and an appealing fruit character. This would be a good
match to winter salads or as something different to serve to friends who love
light Italian whites but normally go for the more common Pinot Grigio. Serve
chilled at 11˚C.
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