GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Caiarossa
Region: Riparbella, Tuscany, Italy
Appellation: Tuscany IGT
Type: Dry red wine, non-sparkling
Vintage: 2019
Date of Tasting: April 2023
Type of viticulture: biodynamic
Grapes used: Syrah (26%) + Cabernet franc (24%) + Merlot (23%) + Cabernet sauvignon (14%) + Petit verdot (7%) + Sangiovese (4%) + Grenache (2%)
Vintage Blend: 100% of grapes from 2019
Winemaking details: malolactic conversion
Aging: 14 months under french oak + 1 year in bottle
Sugar level: low
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby
- Intensity = Deep
NOSE
- Intensity = Pronounced
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Cherry, Black cherry, Blackberry, fig, vanilla, laurel, hints of cedar
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium+
- Tannins = Medium+ (ripe and well-integrated)
- Alcohol = High (14%)
- Body = Full
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Cherry, Black cherry, Blackberry, fig, vanilla, laurel, hints of cedar
- Other = enjoyable and precise acidity
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Outstanding
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 10°C for up to 18-20 years
- Will gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = good
- Comparison with same price competition = good
- Suitability for Diabetics = suitable
- Service Temperature = around 16°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = beef, beef stew, red meat, grilled meat, veal, sausages
- Comments = A very fine 2019 vintage whose tannic structure suggests very good aging potential. The aromas already present and precise are just waiting to evolve to express their full potential. This wine clearly deserves all the attention of great connoisseurs who will appreciate the expression of the Tuscan terroir in this wine whose perfect acidity comes from this gently sloping vineyard that fully benefits from its orientation and its position in relation to the Mediterranean Sea.
- Final Grade = A
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
