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 Neuchâtel Blanc, which is light in color with an aroma of lime, is a light fruity wine with just a hint of a sparkle due to its maturing on lees. To be consumed within three years. Serving temperature 10°-12°C. - A silky texture encloses the richness of the fruit, dense and gentle on the palate. Remarkable for its harmony, roundness and intensity, it combines grace, elegance and softness.
- The wine of kings and the king of wine. Refined, yet rugged; the wine offers wonderful cherry fruit and balancing acid while giving you the rustic complexity of freshly crushed herbs.
- Washington State Merlot is phenomenal! The palate is filled with cherries and dusty malted-chocolate.
- Washington State Syrah has it going on. The Boomtown Syrah has classic notes of blueberry, juicy black raspberry along with subtle hints of herbs de Provence. To sum it up; new world fruit meets old world complexity.
- This Chardonnay opens with notes of freshly cut pears framed by balancing acidity. Fresh, vibrant and a sure bet for Chardonnay lovers.
- Crisp and refreshing with notes of pink apple flavors makes the Pinot Gris your go to white wine that’s absolutely right for any occasion.
- Its color is a golden-yellow-green. It exhales fine scents of flowers and white-fleshed fruits. Its characteristic is a well-balanced structure, beginning with a round and fruity taste of peach and apricot and ending on a fresh and persistent note of citrus fruits. Its best aromatic expression is immediately reached in the first year and it continues for two-to-three years.
- The 1753 Viognier exhibits a terrific bouquet of honeysuckle, orange marmalade, peaches, and tropical fruits. Medium-bodied and filled with fruit yet structured, with good underlying acidity to provide freshness and focus, it should be drunk over the next year.
- Nice and delicate aromas of exotic and citrus fruits. The touch of viognier brings sweetness and a floral hint. Very fresh and balanced month with again this soft exotic touch. Long and nice finish.
- Deep purple, very good fragrant, forward blackcurrant spice, soft silky attack, elegant, herbal, fine tannins, crisp fine finish.
- Lovely hints of dark fruit accompanied by a more Mediterranean side of black olive and pepper; typical of certain Syrahs. The touch of viognier brings sweetness and a floral hint. Tannins presents a mouth which remains light and silky with a wonderful sweetness as an accompaniment.
- Its color is an intense peony pink. Its bouquet is very aromatic, exhaling scents of small red fruits such as raspberries or black currants. In the mouth, there is a perfect balance between vivacity and mellowness. The final taste is very long, leaving a delicate impression of fruitiness.
- This pale pink unoaked wine has a delicate fresh strawberry nose and a soft rounded finish.
- A soft and rather pale colored rose with raspberry and coper undertones. In its aroma, the first impression is rather reserved if not discrete. It opens up with hints of red fruits such as red currants, raspberries, and strawberies. On the palate we instantly find elegant and delicate qualities from its aroma along with fruity flavors on the tangy side.
- Fruity and balanced,round in the mouth and silky with key notes of raspberry . It is ideal from apertif to dessert. This rose wine will match italian food with tomato and hot spicy dishes.
- Flowers, fresh herbs, truffles and an assortment of red berries characterize this deep, silky, polished and long wine that finishes with a long, sweet, silk-filled red berry and chocolate finish.
- Cloudline has a brilliant ruby color and medium body, which is true to Oregon Pinot Noir. On the nose and following through on the palate, I find bright red and black cherries, with a framework of cola nut and ripe dark fruit. Tannins are soft, and the finish is graceful. This is a wine to enjoy tonight, or sometime in the next 3-5 years.” - Véronique Drouhin
- Floral elements on nose nicely complemented intense earthy aromas. Palate showed a slightly sweet character, with ripe remaining fruit and great a sous bois evolution. Very good length and great finesse.
- Medium ruby color. Potent nose of juniper berry, violets, blackberry, red raspberry, stone, and dense earth. Lithe, sinewy layers of black raspberry, pulpy red raspberry, iron filings, cinnamon, and a bit of meatiness coursing on the palate with seamlessness and exuberance. Lovely acidity and serious but integrated tannins leading to a long finish of lively red and black fruit cut with rock and grip. Wow, a first class wine caught in early adolescence brimming with freshness and strength.
- The nose starts with faint mushrooms against a tightly-held core of fruit. The nose continuously evolves; first there are strawberry notes then a multitude of red currant and other red-berry fruits take turns coming to the fore. This is superb, very complex and becomes quite haunting. The palate has both intensity and balance but gives little else away, it is a very primary performance. There is more than ample length, but it's the nose that dominates this wine, and what a nose!