• Ricasoli 1141 Casalferro 2019
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Ricasoli 1141 Tuscany IGT Toscana

Ricasoli 1141

Ricasoli 1141 Casalferro 2019

Red still

  • Ricasoli 1141 Casalferro 2019
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Ricasoli 1141 Tuscany IGT Toscana
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Denomination Toscana IGT
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Merlot
Aging 18 months into oak barrels and tonneaux.
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Description

Casalferro is the result of developments initiated in the 1990s, when Francesco Ricasoli took over the firm and inspired him to begin his research into modern methods.
This wine justifies those who believe that the best expression of a terroir is when the typicality of a grape variety takes on completely new properties that are impossible to replicate in other places with the same characteristics. Today, Casalferro is a single varietal Merlot from a single plot of land which has reached the very pinnacle of grace and intensity.

Awards

  • 2019

    98

    /100

    James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.

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Perfume

Perfume

Intense balsamic and spicy hints to the nose. Cocoa, pepper and liquorice and cinnamon blend with the fragrance of ripe red fruit.

Color

Color

Bright, ruby red.

Taste

Taste

On the palate it is powerful and pleasant, the red fruit mingles again with spices and the sweet, elegant tannins of the wood used for ageing.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Ricasoli 1141
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1141
  • Oenologist: Carlo Ferrini
  • Bottles produced: 2.500.000
  • Hectares: 235
Ricasoli is the most representative wine producer in the Chianti Classico area. With its gentle hills, velvety valleys and thick woodlands of oaks and chestnuts, the 1,200 hectares of property include almost 240 hectares of vineyards and 26 of olive groves. This creates a continuous succession of colours and hues around the Brolio Castle, which is located within the town limits of Gaiole in Chianti. Since 1993, Baron Francesco Ricasoli has been guiding this central Tuscan company in innovative challenges. This has been done with the deepest respect for his renowned ancestors who have made this territory great, Bettino Ricasoli first and foremost.

Francesco Ricasoli, current owner and President of the company, has generated new ideas and concepts to render the vineyards sustainable. The ongoing study of soil types and the clonal selection of the Brolio Sangiovese are among his greatest passions, and he has totally renovated the vineyards and completely mapped them. The new wines are therefore the expression of research carried out with the same scientific rigor of his illustrious ancestor but with a contemporary spirit, like a runner receiving the baton and carrying it forward with renewed energy. Read more
Production area: Tuscany
Tuscany
Ricasoli 1141

It goes well with game, roast beef, braised and stewed meat and cheese.

Meat
Game
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Name Ricasoli 1141 Casalferro 2019
Type Red still
Denomination Toscana IGT
Vintage 2019
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Merlot
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Ricasoli 1141
Origin Gaiole in Chianti (Siena).
Climate Altitude: 400 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South, Southeast.
Soil composition The soil is brown with a fine clay structure, very chalky, with a sub alkaline pH and little organic content. It is well drained, very stony and has average water-holding capacity.
Harvest At the beginning of September, Merlot was harvested starting with the most mature grapes and finishing with the grapes located in higher zones.
Fermentation temperature 24-27 °C
Wine making The thermo-regulated fermentation occurs between 24°C and 27°C takes 14 8 days.
Aging 18 months into oak barrels and tonneaux.
Allergens Contains sulphites