Fresh lime zest, green apple, citrus, wildflower honey, sea salt, and green almond on the nose, all carrying over to the fuller-bodied palate. Aged only in steel tanks but subjected to regular bâtonnage (lees-stirring), which lends a salty, lactic quality to the texture.
Ezio Poggio is a true visionary or, as Italians would say, a personaggio. He is devoted to the revival of Timorasso, one of Italy’s most dynamic wine grapes. Ezio planted his first vines in 2004, reestablishing a long-lost growing zone now known as Terre di Libarna along the north face of the Apennine Mountains, which separate Piedmont from Liguria. In 2011, Ezio successfully petitioned for official recognition of a new subzone in the southern half of the Tortona Hills called Terre di Libarna. His daring decision to grow Timorasso at an elevation of nearly 2,000 feet is without peer, and his unique vision for the grape has yielded white wines of ineffable beauty and poise. At merely 15 hectares, this small but mighty subzone of the Colli Tortonesi DOC encompasses the highest elevation growing region for Timorasso. Ezio Poggio is the sole producer in Terre di Libarna.