2017 Redigaffi

Relentless heat, lack of rain and dry scirocco winds made for a very challenging year, especially in Suvereto, one of the warmest microclimates in Maremma. In the cellar the approach was to lower temperatures and virtually eliminate pumpovers in order to extract as gently as possible. The wines spent about three weeks on the skins as opposed to the more typical four. I tasted the 2017s twice, almost a year apart. As I have written before, my view is that Tua Rita releases too early, which is especially penalizing in difficult years, as the wines sometimes need bottle age to come together. That is especially true here. The 2017s are not quite as deep as the wines here can be, the natural result of the extreme conditions, but they have come together nicely over time.