La Togata is an estate in the hamlet of Sant’Angelo in Colle in the south-west of the Montalcino region of Tuscany, once part of the neighbouring Tenuta di Argiano estate. It produces Rosso di Montalcino DOC and Brunello di Montalcino DOCG red wines.
Owner: Danilo Tonon (an attorney; Colombian I think) founded the La Togata winery in 1990 in Montalcino. It was named after his then wife, Carla Tonon, a magistrate, hence ‘La Togata’, the lady in the robe. At some stage Danilo and Carla divorced and he re-married. His second wife is called Jeanneth Angel. [Between them] Danilo and Jeanneth Tonon (née Angel) have four children: Stephania, Vanessa, Azzurra and Danilo Jacopo. See also the Vini Italiani da Sogno estate in Montalcino which is run by Jeanneth Angel’s daughter, Stephania Angel.
Owner: Jeanneth Angel told me that she ‘manages the La Togata winery which produces Brunello La Togata,’ adding that the La Togata winery and her daughter Stephania Poveda Angel’s Vini Italiani da Sogno estate ‘have vineyards whose age and altitude differ. [At some stage] the La Togata winery moved from the old cellar in Tavernelle to a new, more efficient one in Sant’Angelo in Colle. This cellar is shared with Vini Italiani da Sogno [which see]. Spaces are divided, and barrels for each brand are kept separate. The two wineries have completely different styles. La Togata is more modern, with more tannic wines, aged in 40hl vats and barriques. Vini Italiani da Sogno is a more traditional style, with less tannins and the wines are aged in 80hl wooden vats. My daughter [Stephania Poveda Angel] and I are competitors in a fair and friendly way.”
Vineyards: Jeanneth told me ‘La Togata wines come from vineyards located between Pieve di San Sigismondo, Montosoli and Pietrafocaia. At the beginning, the vineyard was only small vineyard but now covers more than 16 hectares in the south of Montalcino.” 5,500 vines/ha.
Winery: The La Togata wines are fermented and aged in a winery in Sant’Angelo in Colle whose exterior resembles a old Venetian Villa. Computerised, air-conditioned. The botti are made by Garbellotto (Conegliano), Pauscha (Austria). Barrels from Tonellerie Barthomieu. The barrels are placed under the soil surrunded by rocks at a natural costant temperature at or below 18°C.
Red wines
Toscana IGT, Bricco della Torre:
Toscana IGT, Azzurreta La Togata: Sangiovese red wine. 18m in new French barriques.
Toscana IGT Barengo: Sangiovese. 6m in Slavonian barrels.
Rosso di Montalcino DOC, Carillon: 2018 10,000 bottles.
Rosso di Montalcino DOC, La Togata: 2012 10,000 bottles. Bit simple but clean (Anteprima 2014). | 2013 5,000 bottles. Light, dry, a bit bitter and primary (Anteprima 2015). | 2018 20,000 bottles.
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Carillon: 2015 15,000 bottles.
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Jacopus: 2015 10,000 bottles.
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, La Togata: 36 months in 17.5hl Slavonian botti. | 2000 Modern style, green new wood, flatters to decieive as the fruit is also green (Anteprima 2005).| 2006 Produced. | 2007 Produced. | 2008 Bretty, very dry palate in both bottles. No medal at DWWA 2nd May 2013. | 2009 20,000 bottles. Bit dry, some high tone cherry (Anteprima 2014). | 2010 15,000 bottles. Bit simple, dry, no fruit (Anteprima 2015). | 2015 30,000 bottles.
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, La Togata dei Togati: 36 months in 17.5hl Slavonian botti, 12 months in French barriques. | 2006 Produced. | 2009 Fluid then dry oak from new barrels (Anteprima 2014). | 2015 6,000 bottles.
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Secondo Stella a Destra: 2015 4,000 bottles.
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Riserva, La Togata: 1995 Aged in 17.5hl Slavonian botti, and partly in barriques.
Contact
La Togata
Via del Colombaio 7/B
Loc. Sant’Angelo in Colle
I-53024 Montalcino (SI = Siena), Italy