Duemani IGP Costa Toscana 2018 750ml
The 2018 Duemani Cabernet Franc is an exceptional wine, highly praised for its dark, intense fruit character, with blackberry, spice, smoky tar, and tobacco notes. Both The Wine Advocate and James Suckling awarded it high ratings, praising its smoothness, complexity, and polished texture. With its organic and biodynamic production methods, the wine offers an impressive balance of ripe fruit, herbs, chocolate, and spices, supported by fine, silky tannins. Ready to drink now, but it will continue to develop beautifully with age.
The Wine Advocate | RP 96
Published: Oct 7, 2021
Drink: 2022-2040
An organic and biodynamic wine, the 2018 Cabernet Franc Duemani presents a thick and nearly impenetrable wall of dark fruit, pressed blackberry, spice, smoky tar and tobacco. This wine shows impeccable aromatic integration with the high notes and the baritone notes delivered in beautiful synchronization. This wine outpaced my initial expectations following my first tasting of this vintage from barrel. The tannins are integrated and there is a sweet, fruity note on the full-bodied close.
Jamessuckling.com | JS 96
Published: Jul 19, 2021
This has an aromatic array of ripe red and black cherries, blackcurrants, blueberries, cloves, cedar, fresh herbs and licorice. It?s full-bodied, incredibly smooth and polished with layers of ripe fruit and chocolate, yet with lifting freshness. Fine, silky tannins and a long finish. Lingering chocolate and spices. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Delicious now, but better from 2022.
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LANDS
Clayey, saline and with a significant presence of calcareous skeleton.
HARVEST
Completed by the end of September. The grapes are selected in the vineyard and harvested by hand in small 15 kg boxes. They are gently destemmed to obtain whole grapes and further selected by hand on the sorting table.
VINIFICATION
The fermentation is spontaneous in truncated cone-shaped oak vats at a controlled temperature, followed by maceration on the skins for about 30 days with brief pumping over. The refinement began in December 2019 and the wine remained for 22 months in 225/228 lt. French oak barriques, 80% new wood and 20% first passage. It does not undergo clarification or filtration.
TASTING NOTES
Inked with a vivid sparkling ruby. The nose envelops with hints of red fruit compote, woodland sensations, infusions of aromatic herbs, spices, bitter orange peel, slate and wild tones. On the palate it explodes with grace and power, signature tannins and sparkling freshness support the infinite persistence. Tasty.