These full-bodied wines are highly fragrant, characterized by lush stone fruits and a nice phenolic touch on the palate... dry, rich and deep, just like Viognier, except that Timorasso has the much needed higher acidity and do not need new oak to show its best.

Timorasso is an ancient grape variety grown in the Colli Tortonesi region in Piedmont, Italy. It nearly extinct in the 1980s, most farmer and winemaker prefers to plant the higher yielding and easier to handle Cortese (more priced at that stage because of its fame from Gavi DOCG). Timorasso was famously revived by the tireless work of Walter Massa and top winegrowers like Mariotto.