Cantina Tollo - Mo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2020

Cantina Tollo - Mo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2020Cantina Tollo is a wine cooperative that was founded in 1960, at a time when many of its residents left the countryside in search of a better future. The families of the founding members of the cooperative, winemakers for generations, decided instead to stay in the vineyards and came together to create Cantina Tollo. The town of Tollo rises on a rounded hill at an altitude of 150 meters, in the province of Chieti, about 20 km from Pescara in Abruzzo.

Lots of work with minimal inputs

Wines that have old world elegance blended with the fruit forward styles consistent with new world wines

Fruit is a hallmark as is robustness imbued with a spectacular brightness

producing richly concentrated and aromatic wines

harvesting only by hand

with the goal of improving during the next 10 years

Becker was planted in 1977 originally to whites but in 1993 some late-ripening red varieties were introduced

The grape variety Sangiovese di Montalcino is the predominant varietal

located in the outskirts of Bilbao

ranging from around 30% to 50%

vermentino

Meyer wines are hand-harvested and crafted using minimal intervention techniques