2610, 2011
Cantina Tollo Listed In Wine & Spirits As Top Co-Op
CANTINA TOLLO "Located in Central Italy's Abruzzo region, Cantina Tollo is a first-level co-op, where the farmers are also the owners of the company. It was founded in 1960 [...]
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The dense, dark raspberry color of this versatile wine opens up to a nose flooded with strawberries, a little plum and a hint of evergreen. Plums, strawberries, and oak, are richly layered and nicely balanced with a soft, long fruit and oak finish. This soft and rich blend is fruity enough for sipping as an aperitif, yet bold enough to accompany cheeses, pasta and many red meats. This is a really enjoyable, flavorful red wine for many occasions. - This gentle and elegant Zinfandel is designed to accompany rich foods such as pasta, rich cheese and red meats, while not overpowering them. A soft and elegant, plum fruit with a slight flavor of the vineyard open up this medium bodied wine with many layers and a lovely balance of ripe fruit and oak, followed with a medium long fruit and oak finish. Your experience with this wine will open with a dark, dense ruby color followed by jammy plum and ripe blackberry nose with a touch of oak. A perfect wine to share with friends and family over a hearty meal.
- Grapes are from Frank Alviso’s 40 year-old organically farmed vineyard. Intense cherry aromas and mouth filling, lingering flavors of raspberries, black cherries and pepper define this classic Amador Zinfandel. Enjoy with barbeque, burgers, pizzas or ratatouille.
- Grapes are from Lena Esola’s 101 year-old gnarly head-pruned vines. This old vine Zinfandel has layers of spicy dark fruit aromas and complex cherry and plum flavors. Enjoy with grilled lamb chops, spicy tomato pasta dishes or hearty roasts and stews.
- Seduction in a glass. Richly concentrated, juicy and dense with woodland berries, ripe dark cherry, bergamot and fig, handsomely accentuated by nuances of warm spice and molten dark chocolate. Supple and beautifully complex with stunning depth creating perfect harmony between both texture and flavor all the while offering a lengthy, generous, decadent finish.
- The Maple Vineyard sits up on a bench above the east side of Dry Creek Valley, and is farmed utilizing old world techniques by Tom and Tina Maple. These old Zinfandel vines (85+ years) are dry farmed resulting in wines of great depth and concentration. The beautiful Zinfandel clusters are sorted a minimum of three times to ensure that only the highest quality fruit is being used for this unique single-vineyard wine. Half of the wine was fermented in an open-top tank to soften the tannin structure. Only free-run wine was gently transferred to French and American oak barrels to age for 16 months.
- Smooth and spicy, this Zin offers a lovely integration of blackberry, toasty oak, raspberry and a touch of blueberry.
- Palette Reserve is produced using the best vineyards available to our winemakers. Like brush mixed colors, grapes are crafted to produce wine of distinct character. Lingering raspberries, white pepper and spice pair beautifully with your favorite meats and tomato sauces.
- Aromas of cherries and allspice, you are welcomed by red fruit flavors. The mid-palate is round with berry notes dominating; the finish has soft tannins with of hint of vanilla.
- Aromatics of ripe raspberry and spice are followed by flavors of dark cherry, cinnamon & earth. Black pepper notes in the mid-palate are followed by velvety chocolate with just a touch of oak. Balanced tannins will allow this wine to age beautifully.
- It exhibits a sensational nose of black raspberry and berry fruit, a supple, full-bodied, expansive, savory mouthfeel, wonderful purity, heady glycerin and a full-bodied mouthfeel. This sexy Zinfandel can be drunk over the next 3-4 years.
- Virtually all (95%) of this Zin is made from vines over 100 years old on our Saitone and Gambogi vineyards, planted in 1895 and 1909, respectively.
- This blend of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Carignane, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Alicante Bouschet is named after the Fire Station from which Cecil retired.
- Classic notes of black pepper and spice highlight the lush fruit aromas of this James Creek Zinfandel. On the palate, silky layers of blackberries unfold with intriguing coffee and vanilla nuances. This wine has a wonderful history, rich in family tradition. As siblings, Viticulturist Scott Brown and Winemaker Cindy Johnston helped their family plant this Zinfandel vineyard in 1972, when they were 8 and 12 years old. For nearly three decades they have trained and nurtured this vineyard in Pope Valley. Over the years, family and friends have enjoyed the wine, and a new generation of children has continued the tradition of helping in the vineyard.
- Predominately powered by the earthy Syrah, this wine is full-bodied and hearty. Smooth and juicy up front, thanks to the Grenache, jammy and spicy flavors are contributed by the Zinfandel and texture is brought in by the Petite Sirah. A well-balanced blend has no preconceived notion of a particular flavor profile so set your senses free on a scavenger hunt of flavors.
- Inviting aromas of perfectly ripened dark juicy cherries and blackberries commingle with traces of white pepper and rich oak notes. The opulent entry presents balanced, delicious flavors of brambly berry, plum and dried strawberry. Mid-palate mocha, subtle cake spices and black licorice appear, enhancing the fruit as the flavors merge and linger. Buoyant acidity and a thread of oak create the gentle yet solid structure that cradles the luscious flavors.
- Aromas of cassis, cherry and baking spices are framed in rose petals and dusty tannins with just a touch of cacao. The smooth mouth entry paves the way for robust flavors of strawberry-rhubarb jam, raspberry, vanilla bean with a hint of dark chocolate bound in subtle tannins and French oak.
- Medium ruby color. Spicy berry, white pepper with lovely hints of toast on the nose. Jammy black berry, raspberry liveliness with a toasty, peppery seductive finish that has great acidity and balance.
- It is deep garnet in color with an intense note of blueberry. Layers of blueberry, strawberry and raspberry notes and a well-structured mouthfeel make for a very happy palate. The finish is long and satisfying with mouth-watering fine tannins.
- Full of elegant and distinct aromas of black cherry, dried tobacco leaf, and red currant.
- Deep, dark garnet in color, the bright nose exhibits plums, raspberry and blackberries. The rich yet not overripe flavors of red-vine licorice, anise, spicy strawberry, and red currants are full-bodied and true to the varietal. The Petite Sirah in the blend contributes black pepper spice, racy acidity and firm structure, and gives this wine a rustic personality. The moderate oak contributes subtle vanilla and a smoky nuance..