Tua Rita Redigaffi

Redigaffi Toscana IGT bottle image

Wine Description

Redigaffi is a breathtaking, iconic wine made entirely from estate Merlot. The perfectly manicured vineyards are planted to ensure low yields and the greatest quality of the grapes. Extra long maceration with the skins and manual, frequent punch downs allow for Redigaffi’s outstanding concentration and complexity. The wine is matured on the lees for eighteen months in French oak barrels and bottled without fining or filtration. The final wine is the flagship wine of the Tua Rita estate.

Tua Rita Barrel Room
Tua Rita Family
Rita Tua, Owner
Tua Rita Vineyard
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Acclaim
“The 2016 Redigaffi is a wine of exquisite harmony and balance. It is still a wine I love. For Frascolla, '2016 was very, very good and one of the greatest vintages in the last 10 years.' Summer was sunny but temperate and ripening was long and slow, lasting until the first week of September. The wine has very vibrant, clearly delineated aromas of smoke, spice, tar and ripe blackcurrant, with fragrant and delicate yet precise scents of violet and wild flowers. There's a lovely, vivid freshness on the finish and the tannins are seamlessly integrated into the wine - perfectly extracted and perfectly ripe. It flows beautifully across the palate and it still feels so young.”
— Decanter, Oct 2022
“Aromas of lavender, ripe cherries, iodine, licorice and walnuts. Some mahogany and amber, too Full-bodied with firm, tight-grained tannins. Intense and focused, with a very deep core of perfumed fruit.”
— James Suckling, Aug 2022
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Vineyard & Production Info
Production area/appellation:
Toscana IGT
Vineyard name
Various estate vineyards near Suvereto
Vineyard size
63 acres
Soil composition
Clay and Pebbly
Training method
Cordon Spur-pruned
Elevation:
330 feet
Vines/acre:
3,400
Exposure:
Southeastern
Year vineyard planted:
1988/1996
Harvest time:
September
First vintage of this wine:
1994
Bottles produced of this wine:
11,800
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
100% Merlot
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
10 days
Maceration technique:
Pumpovers
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
20 months
Age of Aging Container:
New
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.6
Acidity:
5.3 g/L
Alcohol:
15 %
Dry extract:
38 g/L
Residual sugar:
<1 g/L