Features
Name:
Redigaffi Toscana IGT 2016 Tua Rita
Terrain:
Clayey
Cellar
The Tua Rita wine cellar is a true excellence in the Tuscan region. Rita Tua and her husband Virgilio began their journey into the wine world with 2 hectares of vineyards in 1984. From the original 2 hectares of vineyard, cultivated with the utmost rigour right from the start and which placed Tua Rita among the first happy Italian experiences built on the 'vin de garage' model, in the space of about ten years they grew to 9, then to 20, at the beginning of the new millennium, to arrive at the current 30 hectares of vineyards. Enlarged and completely overhauled between 2000 and 2002 to support a high-profile production, which now stands at 220,000 bottles, Tua Rita's wine cellar obeys operational requirements first and foremost, in the great Italian tradition of the artisanal winery. Few and unobtrusive, moreover, are the oenological interventions. Annual production oscillates around 250-280 thousand bottles. The company produces both red and white wines, all with an extremely elegant and personalised style.
Description
Tua Rita's Redigaffi is a great masterpiece made from Merlot grapes that owes its name to a small stream flowing near the property. This award-winning wine was born in 1994 and holds the record as the first Italian wine to receive a 100/100 rating from the Parker guide with the 2000 vintage.
Organoleptic characteristics:
It has a bright and intense ruby red colour. The nose shows an intense bouquet of ripe red fruits blueberry and blackberry with spicy notes of tobacco and liquorice. The palate is balanced, warm, round, soft with noble tannins and long persistence. Harmony and great pleasantness are the elements that characterise it.
Storage time:
25 years
Vinification
In temperature-controlled steel
Acknowledgements
2016 James Suckling 99/100
2016 Robert Parker 98/100
