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Mandirola 1913, Mon Cavare Metodo Classico Brut, 2022

Sparkling Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Mandirola 1913
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A traditional-method sparkling wine made entirely from Timorasso — a rare use of a grape that was itself nearly extinct forty years ago, and one that plays to its natural strengths of high acidity and mineral bite. The fruit comes from thirty-year-old vines on clay over grey limestone at about 300 meters at Casasco, in the Apennine foothills of the Colli Tortonesi, hand-picked in early September to keep the acid intact. After a gentle pressing and a temperature-controlled fermentation, it spends roughly two years on the lees in bottle before disgorgement, which is what gives the bread-crust and yeasty notes their depth. The Mandirola family has been on this land since 1913 and farms 11 hectares under sustainable certification. If you want a serious Italian sparkler that isn't Franciacorta or Prosecco, this is a genuinely unusual one.

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More about Mandirola

If you love Timorasso, you owe Mandirola a thank-you. When growers in the Colli Tortonesi set out to rescue this nearly extinct white grape in the late 1980s, some of the earliest massal selections came from the family's Tantèi vineyard, home to the oldest known Timorasso plantings in the zone.

The story starts in 1913, when Enrico Mandirola's great-grandfather bought a small farm in Casasco, in the Apennine foothills of southeastern Piedmont near Tortona. Enrico, who studied both enology and agronomy, now runs the estate. It has grown to about 11 hectares of vines on clay over grey limestone at around 300 meters.

Timorasso is the heart of the range. The Derthona bottling takes its name from the old Roman name for Tortona and is the classic expression: dry, mineral and built to gain texture and depth with a few years in bottle. Tantèi comes from the historic old-vine site itself. There's also Mon Cavare, a rare traditional-method sparkling wine made entirely from Timorasso, which plays to the grape's high acidity and mineral bite. Taken together, it's a neat way to see why a grape that almost vanished is now one of Piedmont's most exciting whites.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Timorasso

  • Vintage

    2022

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Crisp , Elegant , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Fritto misto, salumi and grissini, fried artichokes, or oysters. The lees character also makes it good with a mushroom or truffle-scented risotto.

Tasting Profile

Straw-gold, with white flowers, green apple, bread crust and fresh yeast. Dry and brisk, with a fine mousse, cutting acidity and a chalky mineral streak. Clean, tightly focused finish.

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