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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Your search is over! For here in this bottle resides âThe Preciousâ. Born of Gewurztraminer grapes off a select vineyard, concentrated through dark, medieval methods, this wine is worthy of your quest. - Sweet Sydney is a very rare sort of wine, an ice-wine. Produced from frozen, late harvest grapes, this wine is as beautiful and pleasant as its namesake, Sydney. Blackberries, pepper, raisins, this wine is packed with flavor.
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- Planted on a steep slope with very rocky soils, this Cabernet is very dark, very rich and very tasty, abundantly illustrating how excellent Cabernet Sauvignon can be
- Dark, full-bodied and of great length - bursting with exuberant fruit - we're proud to offer this outstanding example of a noble varietal.
- This Columbia Valley Cabernet is made up of Cabernet Sauvignon, and only Cabernet Sauvignon, from a young vineyard on Red Mountain and Phinny Hill Vineyard in Horse Heaven Hills. It is a dark and well balanced, food friendly and ages very well.
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- Dark, Supple, complex and powerful. This Merlot is made by Paul Champoux, it delivers and is to the point being voluptuous .
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- The wine is dark, aromatic and has great natural acidity. At this stage of development, most of its character is in a long, long finish - a good sign for the future of the wine!
- Lots of sweet open fruit on the palate, heading towards black cherries, lifted with minerality and acidity on the back end. Full bodied. Maybe slightly reductive. Big stuff, impressive on the taste.
- Even by past standards, this new vintage of Sineann’s Old Vine Zin is spectacular, with ripe, jammy, concentrated fruit flavors of fig, black cherry and purple plum. The balance among the fruit, acidity, tannin and alcohol is spot-on, without blowing away the more subtle complexity of the old vine fruit.
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- Elevating aromatics, the broad, rich palate, the long, lingering finish come out of the vineyard. This wine is sealed with a special type of twist off closure.
- This Sauvignon Blanc is remarkable for its combination of beautiful aromatics, great acidity and depth and complexity of fruit.
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