Wine Di Lenardo, "TOH!", 2014
Tasting Notes
Wine of pale straw color with a greenish tint.
The wine has a delicate, refined and rounded taste with refreshing acidity with notes of white fruit and citrus intonations in a pleasant aftertaste.
Wine with a fresh fruity flavor, complemented by nuances of citrus with a characteristic hint of bitter almond.
The wine is perfectly suitable for cold appetizers, soups, pasta, risotto, fish and especially - to shellfish.
Interesting Facts
"TOH!", 2013 - monosortovoe, fragrant, crisp wine with a strong personality. In Italian exclamation "Toh!" means "Wow!". Friulano grapes from which it is made a remarkable wine, harvested by hand, and then sent to the soft spin in a pneumatic press. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature. After aging on the lees of wine bottling is carried out by vacuum.
Winery "Di Lenardo," located in the region of Friuli, traces its history to 1878, when Friuli Grave was built the family estate, surrounded by vineyards. The ancestors of the current owner and enologist of the winery - Massimo Di Lenardo - engaged in wine growing in this region since the early 1800s. But it managed to raise Massimo company to a high level, through the creation of amazing wines taste and quality, as well as the introduction of new management techniques vineyards and winery. That Massimo decided to create wines only from their own crops, undertook landing new, specially selected grapes, increase the density of the crop to 6,000 vines per hectare. The four main vineyards - Vigne dai Vieris, Vigne da San Martin, Vigne da Lis Maris and Tiare D'Albe, - occupying 40 hectares of the 150 belonging to the "Di Lenardo," Massimo added a 5 hectare leased vineyards in Aquileia. Harvested by hand. With new methods of vinification used electronic temperature control during fermentation, improve the quality of the final product.
Massimo Di Lenardo efforts were not in vain. His wines have earned the appreciation of experts, the renowned magazine "Gambero Rosso" wine called "Di Lenardo" The best price / quality ratio in the region of Friuli. Massimo himself said that despite the fact that the winery and cellars are in the region of Friuli, "in fact, we are located ... on the moon, because our wines are very individual, and their tastes are not typical for the area, but it is very typical ... for us! "
Producer's description
Winery Di Lenardo , located in the Friuli region, traces its history back to 1878, when a family estate surrounded by vineyards was built in Friuli Grave. The ancestors of the current owner and oenologist of the winery - Massimo Di Lenardo - were engaged in viticulture in this region since the early 1800s. But, it was Massimo who managed to raise the company to a high level, thanks to the creation of wines of amazing taste and quality, as well as the introduction of new methods of managing vineyards and wineries. It was Massimo who decided to create wines only from his own harvest, undertook the planting of new, specially selected grape varieties, increased the density of the crop to 6,000 vines per hectare. To the four main vineyards - Vigne dai Vieris, Vigne da San Martin, Vigne da Lis Maris and Tiare D'Albe - occupying 40 hectares out of 150 owned by Di Lenardo, Massimo added another 5 hectares by renting a vineyard in Aquileia. Harvested exclusively by hand. When vinification uses new methods of electronic temperature control during fermentation, improving the quality of the final product.
The efforts of Massimo Di Lenardo were not in vain. His wines have earned high marks from experts, the well-known magazine "Gambero Rosso" called the wines of Di Leonardo the best in terms of price / quality ratio in the Friuli region. Massimo himself says that despite the fact that the winery and cellars are located in the Friuli region, " in fact, we are located ... on the Moon, because our wines are very individual and their tastes are not typical of the area, but very typical ...for us! "
