Vignetti Massa Timorasso Derthona Bianco '22

For Timorasso as a variety: It’s native and unique to the Colli Tortonesi (southeast Piemonte). Before 1980s, most growers were ripping out Timorasso and planting Cortese, as the latter produces more, so they could sell the grapes easily. When Timorasso is vinified, you get lots of complexity and structure. Yet there’s plenty of acidity to keep things fresh. When Timorasso is young, it can be really tight. As it ages, it loses some of that tightness, and riesling-ish, petrol-like notes emerge. 

Walter Massa is universally known for rescuing Timorasso from obscurity and near-extinction and now leads a mini-renaissance of the variety in the Colli Tortonesi.