GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Brigante Vigneti & Cantina
Region: Ciro, Crotone, Calabria, Italy
Appellation: Calabria IGT
Type: Rosé Dry wine, non-sparkling
Vintage: 2020
Date of Tasting: January 2023
Type of viticulture: Organic
Grapes used: 100% Gaglioppo
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from the 2020 harvest
Winemaking details: 100% indigeneous yeasts, no added sulfites, no filtration
Aging: 3 months in Stainless Steel + 2 months in bottle
Sugar level: low
Sulphites: no added sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Pink
- Intensity = Medium
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium+
- Aromas Characteristics = Mainly primary
- Aromas = Blossom, peach, pear, strawberry, rapsberry
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium+
- Tannins = low
- Alcohol = Medium (13.5%)
- Body = Medium
- Flavour Intensity = Mainly primary
- Flavour Characteristics = Blossom, peach, pear, strawberry, rapsberry
- Flavour details = Blossom, peach, pear, strawberry, rapsberry
- Other = Refreshing acidity
- Finish = Medium+
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for an additional 1 or 2 years
- Will not gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 26 euros for a 100cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = good value for money
- Comparison with same price competition = above the competition
- Suitability for Diabetics = level of residual sugar not communicated
- Service Temperature = around 12°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = antispasti, aperitifs, pasta dishes, cured meats, fresh cheeses, grilled fish, fries, salads
- Comments = A good rosé of gastronomy that should make people discover what Calabria is capable of producing with the autoctonous Gaglioppo grape variety. I was seduced by its precision and fruity profile together with a good level of freshness despite being already 3 years old (quite old for a rosé wine)
- 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
