Derthona Timorasso, Vigneti Massa - 2018

Timorasso rolls off the tongue nicely. It's a beautiful name for a grape unique to the Colli Tortonesi area of Piedmont, and it makes exceptional wines. It would be impossible to mention Timorasso without naming wine maker Walter Massa. He was responsible for its revival in the early eighties when it was on the brink of going into extinction. Many vines had been ripped out to plant more lucrative grapes like Cortese or Barbera. Walter managed to save several vineyards planted to Timorasso near the village of Monleale, which was the start of his namesake label and a life long devotion. This luxurious wine will age nicely, but it's hard to resist it now. The palate is sumptuous with notes of yellow plums, ginger, white tea, maracuya. It just glows. For fans of rich, elegant whites you've just found a new obsession.