2015 Gian Paolo Repetto Colli Tortonesi Derthona Quadro

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  7/19/2022 - karl.1480 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I second Forceberry's excellent, informative and spot-on tasting note. I got this bottle for just under 20€ which felt like a decent price to pay for the given quality.

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  3/30/2022 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  100% Timorasso from a vineyard planted in 2007. Fermented and aged for 9 months in stainless steel tanks. Annual production around 15,000 bottles. 14% alcohol, 2 g/l residual sugar and 6,4 g/l acidity.
  
  Youthful pale yellow color with faint green highlights. Quite restrained and underwhelming nose with aromas of stone dust, some sappy herbal tones, a little bit of fresh red apple, light steely mineral notes and a hint of zesty citrus fruits. Doesn't really open up or give much. On the palate the wine feels crisp, bright and surprisingly crunchy for moderately full-bodied and even slightly extracted white wine. There are intense flavors of lemony citrus fruits, some steely mineral notes, a little bit of cantaloupe and bruised pear, light sappy herbal tones, a hint of very ripe and slightly extracted waxy character and a touch of tangy salinity. The high acidity lends great sense of focus and structure to the wine. The finish is fresh, long and quite zippy with focused flavors of lemony citrus fruits, some tangy saline tones, a little bit of ripe red apple, light nuances of cantaloupe, a hint of hay and a touch of steely minerality.
  
  The nose felt seemed rather underwhelming here, but otherwise this was a classically built textbook Timorasso with that unique varietal character that makes me think of a white wine which has the ripeness and oily richness of a Viognier and the structure and minerality of a Riesling. Although not as aromatic as Viogniers and Rieslings tend to be, this was otherwise aromatically precisely like a combination of them. Despite its somewhat disappointing start, this turned out to be a quite lovely, fresh and rather structure-driven Timorasso that still has many more years to go. Drinking really well right now, but will continue to improve for a long time. However, despite its high quality, I still must say that at 29,89€ this felt somewhat expensive for its quality.

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  1/29/2021 - Arca Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Ny bekantskap med druvan Timorasso från östra Piemonte. Friskt och mineraligt vitt vin med hög syra, smak av gula äpplen. En hint av beska, gröna oliver. Passade bra till grillad kyckling med örtsmör och tomatsallad. Poletten trillade ner när jag googlade mig till att Grappa görs på Timorasso.

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