Tua Rita Redigaffi: Every vintage rated

Tua Rita describe the 1994 Redigaffi, their first vintage, as elegant and gentle. 1994 was a cool, rainy year with contrasting temperatures but the Merlot...

The 1995 Redigaffi has a much more youthful colour than the 1994, although there is only one year difference. Contrary to my expectations of some...

A very wet spring followed by a hot summer has produced this light but elegant Redigaffi 1996. It has a lighter, more closed nose with...

In 1997 there was a spring frost which made a 'natural selection' in the vineyard, reducing yields. '1997 was probably one of the best vintages...

After a wet spring, 1998 was very hot from June until October. Stefano Frascolla admits, '1998 was Tua Rita's first very hot vintage and [the...

For Tua Rita, 1999 was an 'explosive vintage with hot characteristics' and the harvesting of the Merlot began on 21 August. The 1999 Redigaffi looks...

The 2000 Redigaffi achieved notoriety when it was first released and Robert Parker gave it a perfect score of 100 points. It is still impressively...

The 2001 vintage had 'two faces' and was a year of extremes: heavy rains in spring and high summer temperatures - but this gave a...

The 2002 vintage had a very cold, rainy, spring, and harvest was interrupted by rain showers. At Tua Rita they had to perform strict bunch...

2003 was a notoriously hot vintage - the opposite of 2002 - but at Tua Rita they made a 'very careful selection of the grapes...

The 2004 vintage had a very well balanced weather pattern and, according to Tua Rita, this created 'a wine characterised by sweet fruit and smooth...

A sunny September in 2005 closed a vintage that had been interspersed with rain showers and mild temperatures. 'The result is a wine that’s very...

For Tua Rita, 2006 was generally a sunny growing season with a few showers during the summer that refreshed the vines and led to a...

The 2007 vintage was sunny but not excessively hot, with a few brief periods of rain in July and August. Overall it was an 'easy'...

The 2008 Redigaffi feels much less ripe; the flavours are slightly green, with wild bramble, blackberry and cool, dark berry fruits. 2008 was in fact...

The winemaker’s notes on the 2009 vintage recall 'an extremely hot summer which had to be managed using the experience we had acquired over the...

2010 was the last year that Stefano Chioccioli was consultant winemaker for Tua Rita. Luca D'Attoma, who had been the consultant in the first few...

The 2011 vintage was known for being an especially hot vintage and in fact harvesting started 15 days early, in the third week of August,...

Ten years on the Redigaffi shows it's vibrancy with lifted aromas of savoury spice, violet and fennel. The palate is still bright yet rich with...

2013 had a very wet spring followed by a very sunny summer, although rain showers in July and August delayed ripening enough that harvest commenced...

2014 was one of the coolest and rainiest vintages ever on the Tuscan coast. According to Tua Rita they were saved by the winds blowing...

The winemaking team describe this as 'an explosive year' - a hot summer was preceded by a cool spring which yielded healthy, crunchy grapes. The...

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...

2017 had a hot, very dry growing season and the winery had to make a strict selection in the vineyard and take extreme care in...

This Redigaffi reflects beautifully the 2018 vintage with its cool spring, mild summer and slower, well-balanced, late ripening season. It's a lithe and lively wine,...

Owner Stefano Frascolla describes 2019 as 'a dream vintage' and describes how the vines 'underwent all the stages of their phenolic development at the optimum...