The guide “˜Vini d’Italia’ of Gambero Rosso is one of the most authoritative Italian publications, which annually assigns the prestigious 3 Bicchieri, the highest recognition expected for a wine: an award for a few, prestigious labels.
A consolidated experience of over 30 years of history has allowed this guide to acquire authority towards consumers, presenting itself every year as an important voice of food and wine criticism, capable of directing the market by pointing out the excellences, whether they are produced by small winemakers as from large cellars.
Also this year, the Nosiola di Toblino is reconfirmed, receiving the 3 Bicchieri with L’Ora 2015 of Cantina Toblino: a white wine that defies time, a luster (2015) on the shoulders to give further complexity to the white obtained with one of the great native varieties, made an even more noble vine, with an identity in the Dolomite approach, which tries its hand at slowness and relaunches goduriose simplicity.
The Nosiola grapes, vinified with greater care and attention, give rise to a decidedly satisfying and equally versatile white wine. Able to satisfy a jovial consumption as the patient – deserved – expected. Because his genuine youthful strength becomes singularly complex with the passage of time. Golden, with apparently imperceptible reflections, it relaunches a first-rate floral olfactory set, so much so that it competes with wines from much more noble and international vines.
Nosiola, unmistakably linked to Vino Santo, the undisputed star of the Gambero Rosso 2020 guide, which described it as the Best Sweet Wine of Italy, winning it 3 Bicchieri.
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.
A great result that enhances Valle dei Laghi, its history and traditions, Nosiola, our work and that of our partners: source of pride for all.
In addition to this award, Cantina Toblino has seen rewarded other 7 wines:
These awards confirm the ongoing commitment in the quality research and in the valorization of the territory of Valle dei Laghi.
Inspired by the Italian wine tradition and aimed at enhancing local roots, territory and typicity, Vinibuoni d’Italia of Touring Club Italiano gives a clear signal to consumers and to the Italian and foreign market, on the made in Italy of wine.
The guide is unique, in the Italian and international scene, because it is the only one dedicated to the wine from native vine, the ones 100% produced by vine varieties that have been in the Peninsula for over 300 years. These wines are an established reality in the Italian wine scene. Even the large audience of enthusiasts has learned to recognize and appreciate wines coming from historical vines that have their roots in the past and in the most authentic traditions of a place.
Born 16 years ago, when the team of autochthonous wines was at the forefront, Vinibuoni d’Italia is the result of a quality work by a team of experts (coordinated by’ Mario Busso and Alessandro Scorsone) that every year meets up in a regional tasting commitee and selects the best wines.
Divided into 21 regional chapters (Trentino and South Tyrol are divided into two chapters), the guide leads fans to discover the thousand wines, the thousand wineries and the thousand worlds of autochthonous tradition: small family-run enterprises, social cooperatives and modern wineries, wines of great structure and ‘everyday’ wines.
The wines that obtain more votes receive the Corona, the highest award that the guide attributes to the best selected native wines; whereas the others achieve the’ Golden Star.
The 2021 guide assigns two Corone to the wines of Cantina Toblino:
VINO SANTO Trentino Doc 2004
LAS Lagrein Trentino Doc Bio 2016
These wines are pleasure and complex and have a defined character: wines of strong emotions, able to enhance the senses of every passionate winelover.
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The WineHunter Award is the award of the Merano Wine Festival, established by Helmuth Koecher, of excellence and high quality awarded annually to wine and culinary products, spirits and beers.
The prize is awarded to national and international products which, following a careful evaluation, reach a minimum score of 90 points out of 100, and guarantees the final consumer the superior quality of the product.
About 7,000 wines tasted of which 3,100 awarded by The WineHunter. The Red Award (90 – 92.99 points) 2,300 wines and the Gold Award (93 – 95.99 points) 800 wines. Of the latter, the best make up the TOP 100 from which the winners of the most coveted award, the Platinum Award (96 – 100 points) will emerge.
In addition to the wines, the guide also presents 380 excellences in the gastronomic field divided into the Food – Spirits – Beer categories and selected from over 500 products tasted, in addition to those awarded in 2019 whose recognition is valid for two years. 240 products that get the Red Award and 140 the Gold, while the TOP 50 nominates the best gastronomic products to the Platinum Award that is assigned in October.
The guide also proposes the publication of the TOP 5 of each region, a selection of wines chosen from those that best represent the different Italian regional territories according to Helmuth Köcher.
The Wine Hunter Award 2020 recognized to Cantina Toblino wines the following awards:
GOLD Prà al Pinot bianco Trentino Doc 2018 Bio
ROSSO da Fòra Manzoni bianco Trentino Doc 2018 Bio
ROSSO Foll Chardonnay Trentino Doc 2018 Bio
ROSSO Vino Santo Trentino Doc 2004
ROSSO Antares Trento Doc 2016 Brut Millesimato
Merano Wine Festival, back to the roots: The WineHunter Helmuth Köcher faces COVID-19 with courage and organization and confirms the dates of the 29th edition scheduled from 6 to 10 November 2020 without upsetting the traditional format, returning to its origins in that distant 1992 where the history of the most glamorous food & wine event was written in the world.
Cantina Toblino, the heart of viticulture in the Valle dei Laghi, was born in 1960 at the behest of a group of passionate winemakers who glimpsed the great wine-growing vocation of the Valle dei Laghi. To date, there are over 600 wine-grower members with nearly 850 hectares of vineyards. The attention they pay daily to the care of the vineyard is high, continuous manual work that requires passion, patience, great dedication and continuous training. For over 20 years, Cantina Toblino has managed the land of the Mensa Vescovile, a single block of 40 hectares under direct management, cultivated for years according to the principles of organic viticulture. Today over a third of the vineyards of the Cantina Toblino members are converted to organic, paying great attention to the environment, people and the care of the vineyard, producing grapes of the highest quality, a fundamental basis for wines.
Precisely in this context, the Vènt‘ project was born, with the ambition to best express the identity of the wines of the Valle dei Laghi and the savoir-faire of Cantina Toblino, organic intended as an expression of quality and territorial safeguard. The lakes, in the name, the wind in the identity. An inseparable union that makes the Valle dei Laghi the most varied the Alpine landscape allows. Indelible traces of ancestral mutations. Water, rocks, air. Mixed who knows how and when, until they form scenarios of an apparently homogeneous habitat, in reality all to be discovered. Still mixed, with the work of man, of his constant work. Silent work, often forgotten, but which shaped the valley: it made it ‘genius loci’. With what ‘site genius’? That of being an area that allows you to intuit, glimpse misunderstood atmospheres in the landscape. You see, you admire, the panorama seems homologous to you and in reality it is a triumph of diversity. The one that fascinates with spontaneity; as the boundaries intersect between water and sky, lands and rocky walls, all blurred, one into the other. With decidedly significant natural archetypes. That testify to an agricultural tradition, a history intertwined with vines and vines, between conservation and innovation. As the valley focuses on tradition to develop its physiognomy, applying (almost) unconsciously the lesser known meaning of the word ‘tradition’. That from the Latin ‘tradizio’, Greek derivation of ‘tradere’, that is to say to deliver and transmit meanings that have links with the concept of ‘betrayal’. Although this is intended as a ‘consecutive’ of environmental specificity, in order to affirm the identity value of everything related, it is close to its origin, to ‘open up the native land to light’. Holm oaks, olive trees, especially vines. Few other Alpine resorts can boast such a singular vine cult. Vines and wines of a place, between beneficial waters and breezes. A valley where the rows almost blend into the blue of the water and the clear blue Alpine sky. For centuries vines grown on fields torn from the mountain. On terraces which fortunately prevented the intensive exploitation of the territory. Here you cannot see vineyards without imperfections. The aesthetic is still the result of the hand of man, of the winemaker. Safe hand planted the row by eye, respecting the ridge of the hill, the (right) direction of exposure towards the afternoon sun. That’s why still in this valley wines stand out in that they tell the territory where they are born. They contain knowledge. Not just flavors. But how do you understand this valley? Just let yourself be guided by the landscape. Using the wind, the Hour. Vènt, breezes, gusts that transmit voices, sounds, condition microclimates, and therefore cultures and cultures.
Vènt, a project that starts from the vine to obtain excellent quality grapes and ends in the cellar, among the French oak barrels, terracotta amphorae. A project born from the passion of man, in the vineyard and in the cellar, and which takes the form of tasting, an unforgettable moment imprinted in our mind.
Everything starts from the wind, the identity of a territory like the Valle dei Laghi, Foll is ‘ unique, complex, lively and elegant Chardonnay.
Las, as the founding element of the soil on which our vines grow, is a round, full-bodied, tenacious Lagrein .
Our attachment to history, represented by a capital that delimits our vineyards, Praà l is an incredibly harmonious Pinot Blanc.
The importance of people, the openness to what comes from outside and that we do not know at the beginning, Da Fòra is an intriguing, fragrant, new Manzoni Bianco.
Passion, from the vine to the glass, perceptible in the fresh air in the Valle dei Laghi, Baticòr is an elegant, delicate and refined Pinot Noir.
Wines that complete a range made up of Largiller and L’Ora, wines that have been able to reinterpret and enhance the qualities of the only autochthonous white Trentino grape variety, Nosiola and of the red eLimarò, the result of the traditional drying technique.
It has the charm of exclusivity, a rare, unique, memorable nectar. So unparalleled as to be protected as an ‘endangered wine’: it is the Vino Santo Trentino. Few other wines can boast a word in their name that evokes dreams, relaunches moments of pleasure, satisfies the present by recovering the past and – at the same time – relaunches the future. Here the Trentino Holy Wine is the whole of all this, and not only.
On Monday 17 February 2020 the selections of the Vènt line were presented to a small group of experts and professionals from the food and wine world in Trentino Alto Adige. “Stories of an encounter in Trentino…”, a very particular evening that enhanced these excellent wines paired with the dishes created by Chef Sebastian Sartorelli, who knew how to best combine the flavors of the Trentino tradition with an innovative cuisine. This is the menu of the evening:
Garda meatballs with delicate lime mayonnaise and aromatic herb powder
Praà l ““ Pinot Bianco Trentino DOC 2018
Trentino tacos with cod, artichokes and Trentino chili
Da Fora ““ Manzoni Bianco Trentino DOC 2018
Risotto with bites of trout marinated in lime
Foll ““ Chardonnay Trentino DOC 2018
Bleggio rabbit ravioli with Casolét foam and spinach
Baticor ““ Pinot Nero Trentino DOC 2016
Capel del Prete braised in Lagrein with mashed potatoes from Lomaso and spinach
Las ““ Lagrein Trentino DOC 2016
Petit patisserié
Vino Santo Trentino DOC 2004
The evening met with great appreciation from the participants, the new wines and the cuisine impressed with the aromas and flavors that brought to mind memories of the Valle dei Laghi, its idyllic landscapes, a healthy and fresh air, in which grows the vines of Cantina Toblino, cultivated day by day with passion.
Gambero Rosso World Tour – London 2020. Thanks to the prestigious recognition obtained by Cantina Toblino Vino Santo Trentino DOC 2003 (3 Bicchieri e nominee as Miglior Vino Dolce d’Italia 2020 for Gambero Rosso) our wines were among the protagonists of the event “GAMBERO ROSSO TRE BICCHIERI WORLD TOUR – LONDON 2020”. The event was held at the Hackney Town Hall, an art-deco style building often used for large events and ceremonies. The program, in addition to the tasting tables of 40 producers who received the 3 glasses from Gambero Rosso, included a master class dedicated to Tuscan Frescobaldi wines and one to extra virgin olive oil.
A unique setting, expert and demanding public, accustomed to tasting great wines. Precisely for this reason Cantina Toblino, alongside the Vino Santo, has also proposed other selections from native vines. Largiller – Nosiola Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT 2012 ed eLimarò – Rosso Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT 2015. These wines, born from the expert hands of our winemaker Lorenzo Tomazzoli, have cheered the most demanding palates thanks to their complexity, elegance and freshness.
Importers, journalists, sommeliers, curators. All impressed by our wines, by the potential and adaptability of Nosiola and Rebo.
Many awards and recognitions updated by Cantina Toblino in recent months:
These coveted awards confirm the quality of the wines of Cantina Toblino with particular attention to the Nosiola grape in its various expressions such as L’Ora, Largiller and Vino Santo.