award Archivi - Cantina Toblino

Now in its 18th edition, the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is the largest and the most influential wine competition in the world with an unrivaled global reach. Judged by the best wine experts in the world, DWWA is internationally appreciated for its rigorous evaluation process.

Over 15 consecutive days in June, almost 170 expert wine judges, including 44 Masters of Wine and 11 Master Sommeliers, awarded 50 Best in Show, 179 Platinum, 635 Gold, 5,607 Silver and 8,332 Bronze medals.

Considering that only 179 wines out of 18.094 tasted wines have reached the Platinum Medal, of which 36 Italian wines and only 3 of Trentino Alto Adige.

Nosiola of Cantina Toblino, after receiving 97 points in the competition last year with Vino Santo Trentino, confirms itself, winning the Platinum Medal with Largiller 2013. It is described by Decanter as “˜Beautifully perfumed, with a nose layered with dried citrus, vanilla sugar, confectioners custard and russet apple aromas, while the saline palate is textured with lemon, lime and a lovely succulent acidity’.

Nosiola, the only native white grape variety of Trentino, is the iconic grape variety of Cantina Toblino, hearth of viticulture in Valle dei Laghi. The cooperative winery was founded in 1960 at the behest of a group of passionate winemakers who glimpsed the great winemaking vocation of the Valle dei Laghi. From that moment, the link between social cooperation, people and territory remains essential. To date, there are over 600 members-winemakers with almost 900 hectares of vineyards, of which over a third are converted to organic.

The attention they pay daily to the care of the vineyard is high, a continuous manual work that requires passion, patience, great dedication and continuous training.

In 2016 was born the project Vènt, of which Largiller is part, to best express the identity of Valle dei Laghi and the savoir-faire of Cantina Toblino, an inseparable union between territory and environment: organic intended as an expression of quality and territorial protection.

The name Largiller comes from its clay component present in the soil where the grapes grow, which gives, together with Ora del Garda, unsurpassed peculiarities to the bunches. These characteristics allow having a late ripening, that is harvested in the first half of October.

This Nosiola is the pure expression of the identity of Valle dei Laghi, bringing with it history, tradition, vocazione and enhancing the uniqueness of the territory: an elegant and complex wine with many shades that alternate with smell and taste.

In addition to the Platinum Medal obtained by Largiller 2013, the other wines presented by Cantina Toblino received:

1 Gold Medal (95 ““ 95 pts): L’Ora 2016

6 Silver Medal (90 ““ 94 pts) Vent 2017, Foll 2019, Prà al 2019, da Fòra 2019, Baticòr 2018, eLimarò 2016

This, to reward the great commitment that, over time, is leading to achieve every year new prestigious achievement.

On 10-11th October 2020, at the The Nicolaus Hotel di Bari, was held the event defined as the most glamorous Italian Wine World. The Vinoway Wine Selection is a selection, always up-to-date, of the best Italian wines, born from the work of the association’s commission Vinoway Italia during various annual tastings, under the attentive direction of the President Davide Gangi.

The Association of Promotion and Valorization Vinoway Italia works with the Wine and Food sectors, considering them an integral part of tourism. It was founded by people that found in wine a fascinating and intriguind environment, rich in history, hard work and communication. Experts and enthusiasts that came together with the aim of contributing to the growth of’ the enormous heritage of Italian Wine.

This year, for the first time, saw the merge of the two main events organized by Vinoway in a single event dedicated to the still wines, “Vinoway Wine Selection”, and the sparkling wines, “Vinoway Sparkle Selection”.

Vinoway firmly believes in the new generations and in the enhancement of the wineries that produce quality focusing on their future, considering what already made by the historic wineries of the Italian Wine world.

The 2020 news is the App‘ “Vinoway Wine Selection 2021”, in which there will be the wines that partecipated in the selection, with the story of the company’s history and all the useful information about the awarded wine.

Vinoway Wine Selection 2021 awarded Cantina Toblino with:

– DA FORA Manzoni Bianco DOC Trentino 2018 (95 points)

– FOLL Chardonnay DOC Trentino 2018 (91 points)

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Trento DOC is the expression of the land it comes from, Trentino. It is made only with selected Trentino Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Meunier grapes produced by the ‘Classic Method’. The territorial characteristics, the variety of the climate, the typical altitude of Trentino and the hand of the man who creates it make it a real unique and inimitable sparkling wine from the mountains.

Trento Doc, the brand created in 2007, comes from the union of Trento and the suffix -doc, that seales the path taken since Trentino, in 1993, got the first Denomination of Controlled Origins in Italy dedicated exclusively to the Classic Method.

Vinibuoni d’Italia, the only Italian guide dedicated to the wine from native vine, awarded the 4 Stars, recogniction that emphasizes and excellent wine in which there are a complete expression of the vine and a relationship of elegance and balance, to the following wines of Cantina Toblino:

– TRENTO DOC MILLESIMATO BRUT ANTARES 2016

– TRENTO DOC MILLESIMATO BRUT NATURE ANTARES 2016

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These wines are exclusively from Chardonnay grapes, obtained from vineyards located in the best exposed hilly areas of the Valle dei Laghi. In the spring following the harves, the white winemaking of the base wine is followed by the tirage in the bottle, where the second fermentation takes place as well as the long period of maturation in contact with the yeasts for over 36 months and the riddling of the pupitres. Then follow the ending with dosage for the Antares Brut and the ending without’ dosate (ie. without adding sugar) for the Antares Brut Nature, and the final clapping.

Franco Ziliani, a well-known wine journalist and a cultural and tasting expert, arrived in Trentino for a tasting of more than 70 Trento Doc, on our invitation comes to visit us at Cantina Toblino, where he appreciates our wines paired to the kitchen of the chef Sebastian Sartorelli at Hosteria Toblino. In addition to this, he described Trento Doc as the Classic Method on which he would aim for the future.

Now in its 17th year, the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is the world’s largest and most influential wine competition. Judged by the top wine experts from around the globe, the DWWA is trusted internationally for its rigorous judging process.

DWWA has 118 judges from around the world, including 37 Masters of Wine and 9 Master Sommeliers, and many of them are the foremost experts in their field. In this edition, they tasted and discussed the merits of 16.518 wines of 56 countries.

Judging is organised into categories, initially based on region. The judges taste wines individually. They know the region, style and price bracket, but they don’t know who produced the wine or the brand name. They then compare notes on the wine and reach a consensus on each wine’s medal.

Medal categories correspond to the 100-point scoring system used by’ Decanter and many top wine critics around the world.

Great success for Cantina Toblino, that has seen rewarded 8 of its wines with different medals, but Vino Santo 2004 was awarded with the most prestigious and coveted one: the Platinum Medals (97 pts).

With this result, Vino Santo 2004 is rated among the best 150 Italian wines.