TERROIR PROFILE
Colli Tortonesi
Calcareous marl — Timorasso country
Walter Massa's Timorasso: one of Italy's great whites, from calcareous marl near Tortona.
TERROIR PROFILE · Piedmont
Colli Tortonesi Calcareous marl — Timorasso country
Walter Massa's Timorasso: one of Italy's great whites, from calcareous marl near Tortona.
SOILS
Marlbalanced, structured
Marl is a mix of limestone and clay — yields structured, balanced wines with acidity backbone.
Loambody-rich, velvety
Loamy soils give wines volume and a soft, velvety mouthfeel.
Sandstonewarm, dry, spicy
Sandstone warms quickly and yields ripe, fragrant wines with yellow fruit and fine spice.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Continental with Ligurian sea influence, warm days, cool nights.
TOPOGRAPHY · moderate
Hills around Tortona, Monleale and Costa Vescovato.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Bourgogne · Côte de Beaune
Burgundy
96% similar
- Freshness (slightly): Colli Tortonesi has less freshness → gentler acidity, earlier drinking (7 vs. 8).
Kraichgau
Baden
96% similar
- Minerality (slightly): Colli Tortonesi is more mineral → salty-stony notes, more tension (9 vs. 8).
Wineries on this terroir
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