With Hart, Eric, Tiara, Jess and Bradien at Hart’s 30th birthday celebration!!!

I think the restaurant owners mentioned they were from the Piedmont region, and Timorasso was a grape native to the region. Said it was like riesling, with incredible aging potential. I had asked for a Trebbiano – smth bright and zesty to kick us off, but she suggested this instead.

In the glass: pale gold.

On the nose: a fairly linear minerality. Oddly enough as the wine breathed, it started to develop this faint vanilla cream note.

On the palate: this was a wine with considerably more body and structure than what I was looking to start off with. But it would’ve been a perfect 2nd wine after a bubbly or a lighter zesty white. Again, minerality, touch of savory note. Slightly disappointed with the mid- acidity, esp given my request for something bright and energetic. Finish was mid-

On the exhale: tiny touch of exhale, some kinda floral note that again don’t know how to place. Sigh. More minerality which was pleasurable.

This is my first ever Timorasso, so I don’t actually know how to benchmark it. I found the minerality, body and structure very enjoyable. However, the wine really lacked acidity which was surprisingly to me given the comparison to Riesling. Also, the intensity of the aromatics was just, eh, ok.
That said, this was the winemaker’s most basic label, so maybe it’s just a function of the fruit quality. To explore more!