Tua Rita, Redigaffi

Tua Rita, RedigaffiThe 2010 Redigaffi is even more impressive with seamless integration of ripe fruit and oak spice that meet each other perfectly in the middle. It soars to new heights of elegance and power, imparting beautiful tones of black fruit, polished river stone, bacon fat and black pepper as it makes its steady ascent. The mouthfeel is fleshy and generous and there is plenty of backbone here to carry the wine forward throughout the years. Anticipated maturity,

Similar in style to a lighter-weight 2010

The wine's perfectly integrated acidity and floral lift give the finish great hang time

and with respect to the 1995

soften and show off its silky

the vineyards limestone soils manage to impart the requisite acidity

as well as the forward

the fermentation and aging are the same as for the centenary Carignan

A wine of pure and total pleasure

Its inky black color is followed by classic notes of smoked meats

violet and discreet herbal tea nuances slides into the supple lighter weight flavors that are a bit more elegant than usual

Here the lightly wooded nose is notably spicy if brooding with mostly dark berry fruit and earth scents holding the upper hand for the moment

with emphatic mineral cut and excellent focus