Cantina Tollo ★ 4.1
Cooperative founded at Tollo in 1960, drawing on 2,700 hectares of member vineyard and bottling around 13 million bottles a year according to DoctorWine.
Cooperative founded at Tollo in 1960, drawing on 2,700 hectares of member vineyard and bottling around 13 million bottles a year according to DoctorWine.
The Tollo producer built around the Tullum DOCG, with a Roman villa excavated on its own land and a range that covers the DOCG red, white and sparkling types.
Three graded flights at the Tullum DOCG estate in Tollo, poured on a terrace that looks over the vineyards to the Adriatic.
Tip: The Native flight is the one that covers Cococciola and Passerina, the two Tollo whites hardest to find outside Abruzzo.
The teaching strand at the Tollo winery, which pairs the Tullum DOCG cellar with the Roman villa excavated on the same site.
Tip: The archaeo-enology thread is the distinctive part; ask for the museum leg with the tasting.
Excavated Roman rustic villa inside the Feudo Antico winery at Tollo, with cisterns, a pressing floor and a dolia cellar studied with the regional heritage office.
Tip: The dolia row and the sloping press floor are the wine-specific parts; the winery also publishes a virtual walk-through.
Four rooms and a wellness area at the Tullum DOCG winery in Tollo, sold as overnight packages that include tastings and the spa circuit.
Tip: The Deluxe package at 220 euro a couple is the one that bundles dinner with the cellar wines.
Guided electric-bike ride from the Tollo cellar down to the sea and back, with a welcome pour, a cellar visit and lunch with the wines.
Tip: The bikes are pedal-assisted, so the climb back up from the coast is manageable.
Spa circuit at the Tollo winery with a glass of Charmat method sparkling and two glasses of the estate's organic wines.
Tip: Robes and slippers are included, so travel light.
The Tollo cooperative bottles an organic Montepulciano, Trebbiano and Pecorino at cooperative prices, drawing on 2,700 hectares of member vineyard across the Chieti hills.
Tip: Organic Montepulciano and Trebbiano are both 7.40 euros on the cooperative's own shop, the cheapest certified organic bottles in the region.