Caiarossa IGT Toscana 2015

Tasting Notes:

• Appearance: Deep ruby red with garnet hues, indicating its richness and intensity.
• Aroma: The nose is complex and inviting, offering a rich bouquet of black cherries, ripe plums, and blackberries, layered with hints of Mediterranean herbs, leather, and earthy minerality. Subtle floral notes of violets and nuances of sweet spices like cinnamon and clove from oak aging add further depth.
• Palate: Full-bodied and opulent, the wine showcases a seamless blend of ripe dark fruits such as black currants, cherries, and blackberries. These are complemented by notes of tobacco, licorice, and dark chocolate. The tannins are polished and silky, providing a velvety texture that balances the wine’s freshness and vibrant acidity. The finish is long, complex, and satisfying, with lingering mineral and spice notes.

Food Pairing:Beaf, lamb, veal, poultry, cured meat

Reviews:

96PTS, James Suckling

The nose immediately shows a fabulous contrast between riper mulberries and blackberry crumble and freshly ground herbs, citrus and incense. The palate shows much the same polish, carrying bright blue-fruit flavors across a bedrock of muscular tannins and driven acidity. This finishes long and very grainy yet succulent. A blend of merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, syrah, sangiovese, petit verdot and alicante. Drink in 2022.

RP94, Robert Parker

The 2015 Caiarossa is expressive and profound. A lot of dark fruit intermingles with spice and toast in what is an immediate and open wine. This is a complicated blend of Cabernet Franc (31%), Merlot (20%), Cabernet Sauvignon (17%), Petit Verdot (11%), Sangiovese (10%), Syrah (9%) and Alicante (2%). The result is full, generous and tight but with a subtle tingle of volatile acidity at the close. Some 37,800 bottles were made.