Torre alle Tolfe Colorino 2022 (750ml)

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Producer	Torre alle Tolfe
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Subregion	Toscana
Varietal	Colorino
Vintage	2022
Sku	01281
Size	750ml

  

Colorino is full-bodied with energizing, decisive tannins, bold flavors of blue and black berries and Mediterranean herbs. 

Colorino is a member of the teinturier grape family, in which both the skins and pulp exude red juice.  (see also: Alicante Bouschet, Saperavi, Ancellotta).  It is a traditional dance partner w/ Sangiovese, with just a small percent giving a boost to the latter’s notoriously light and unstable color.  It is rarely seen released as a varietal wine. Macerations lasted 3 weeks.  Aged in cement for 10 months.  1,000 bottles made.

At Torre alle Tolfe, the wines are naturally juicy and supple, coming from altitudes of around 320m on young, sandy soils from the Pliocene era, rich in oyster fossils.  The terroir is very similar to Castelnuovo Berardenga, the southern part of Chianti Classico, which is about 17km east. The winery cleverly makes the two Chianti Colli Senesi wines from 100% Sangiovese.  This leaves the “the blending grapes”—Canaiolo, Ciliegiolo, and Colorino—to be vinified and released on their own, a rare chance to taste them in purezza.  All fermentations at the winery are spontaneous in glass-lined cement.   Aging also occurs in cement, though occasionally chestnut botti or used French tonneaux make appearances.  Each label depicts something from the estate's storied existence.