{"product_id":"la-colombera-bricco-bartolomeo-cortese-colli-tortonesi-piemonte-italy-2025","title":"La Colombera 'Bricco Bartolomeo' Cortese, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy 2025","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Colombera is a five-generation farming story belonging to the Semino family, founded in 1938 and estate-bottling since 1980, entirely dedicated to this one hillside in the Colli Tortonesi. Elisa Semino — who wrote her enology thesis on Timorasso and remains one of its most articulate advocates — now runs winemaking alongside her brother and father. Cortese is best known under a different name a few kilometers north, in Gavi, but here on the Bricco Bartolomeo hilltop above the family cellar, it makes one of the region's most honest, food-friendly whites.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinemaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elisa Semino, with her brother and father\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFarming:\u003c\/strong\u003e Practicing Organic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100% Cortese, propagated by massal selection rather than commercial clones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTerroir:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colli Tortonesi, southeastern Piemonte between Asti and the Ligurian border; Bricco Bartolomeo vineyard at 280–300 meters, southwest-facing, directly above the family cellar, on limestone-based clay; vines planted in 1977, with a second planting in 2000 from cuttings of the vineyard's older vines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVinification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Three hours of skin contact; indigenous yeast fermentation in stainless steel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAging:\u003c\/strong\u003e Five months on the lees in stainless steel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crisp and bright, with golden apple, sliced pear, yellow citrus, fresh hay, and sweet herbs on the nose. The lees aging adds a gentle weight and roundness to what would otherwise be a leaner style, finishing long and stony.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairings:\u003c\/strong\u003e Something light and bright — fried calamari, seafood pasta in a white wine sauce, or a simple risotto with peas and lemon. Or serve as an aperitivo with salumi, dolmades, a tin of smoked oysters, and giardiniera — a great picnic wine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"La Colombera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45191574356034,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0596\/1023\/4946\/files\/lacolombera.png?v=1789162600","url":"https:\/\/decantnapa.com\/products\/la-colombera-bricco-bartolomeo-cortese-colli-tortonesi-piemonte-italy-2025","provider":"DECANT Napa Bottle Shop \u0026 Bar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}