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Tua Rita 2008 Redigaffi (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $330
Tua Rita’s Redigaffi is one of the best reds to emerge from Italy and the 2008 vintage delivers all the promise and hope of previous editions. The wine is set apart by its enormous richness and deeply concentrated layers of sweet cherry fruit, chocolate, tobacco and cinnamon spice. Put this bottle in your cellar for ten years or more.
— M.L.
(10/1/2011)
Tua Rita 2006 Redigaffi Merlot (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $330
A cult wine and an international superstar, Redigaffi (100% Merlot) will blow you away with its richness, opulence and smoothness. Aromatic layers of milk chocolate, nutmeg, vanilla and Christmas spice peel back one thick layer after the next. This is a loudspeaker wine with extraordinary intensity and softness from start to finish.
— M.L.
(11/1/2009)
Tua Rita 2005 Giusto di Notri Red (Toscana)
- $100
Impossibly intense and rich, Giusto di Notri is a compelling blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot that takes brutal hold of your senses thanks to its amazing density and texture. The long list of aromas generated here includes black cherry, spice, tobacco and cola and the wine glides in excruciating slow motion over the palate.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Tua Rita 2008 Giusto di Notri Red (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $80
This fabulous blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot delivers loads of plush softness and succulent richness. Aromas of chocolate, ripe fruit and spice are distinct and clear, and the wine shows compelling complexity and intensity overall.
— M.L.
(2/1/2012)
Tua Rita 2005 Redigaffi Merlot (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $275
This wine is at the top of its class in a new generation of super Tuscan producers. Plush and velvety, it opens with rich aromas of chocolate, cherry, peppercorn, black fruit and cola. Thick extraction sets the tone for a lush wine that requires a few more years in the bottle: Drink after 2012.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Tua Rita 2004 Redigaffi Merlot (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $275
This 100% Merlot’s top-notch performance starts off with a beautiful, saturated ruby red color and continues with soft, well-defined aromas of sweet milk chocolate, clove, ground cinnamon and forest berries. Secondary aromas are of vanilla, licorice and toast; the wine is amazingly lively in the mouth with voluptuous, liquid chocolate-like flavors and an extra-long…
— M.L.
(4/1/2007)
Tua Rita 2006 Giusto di Notri Red (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $75
The oak element is still strong at this point so give this super Tuscan blend a few more years of cellar aging. Inky, black concentration is followed by mature cherry, chocolate, vanilla bean and espresso. You can’t help but love a wine like this because of its extraordinary succulence and intensity.
— M.L.
(3/1/2010)
Tua Rita 2005 Syrah (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $200
This is an exceptional Syrah with a spirited Tuscan soul that delivers great intensity throughout and spicy tones of ripe fruit, smoked bacon, blueberry syrup and freshly milled black pepper. It’s a beautiful expression of the variety with an impeccable mouthfeel and pristine flavors that ride strong until the very end.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
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