2017 Giuseppe Rinaldi Rosae
Community Tasting Note
forceberry wrote:
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 100% Ruchè. Fermented spontaneously, bottled unfined and unfiltered. 13,5% alcohol. Tasted in a Rinaldi Rosae 2019-2011 vertical.
Very deep and dark, almost fully opaque blackish-red color - the wine looks darker than the other vintages tasted in the tasting. The nose feels very ripe, sweet-toned and quite concentrated with brooding aromas of juicy plums and black cherries, some licorice, a little bit of savory wood spice, light funky notes of old leather and a hint of phenolic character. At first the nose feels somewhat closed, but it does open up nicely with some air. The wine feels dense, quite concentrated and rather full-bodied on the palate with bold yet slightly restrained flavors of licorice and black cherries, some funky notes of leather and phenolic spice, a little bit of tar, light sweet notes of ripe black raspberries and a hint of earth. The overall feel is quite firm and muscular for a Rosae with the rather high acidity and moderately grippy medium-plus tannins. The long finish is quite powerful, somewhat grippy and slightly warm with rather intense flavors of juicy black cherries, some meaty umami, a little bit of savory wood spice, a hint of astringent bitterness typical of Ruchè and a vague bretty touch of farmhouse funk.
A surprisingly bold, concentrated and muscular vintage of Ruchè that surprisingly doesn't suffer that much from the atypically hot and dry 2017 vintage - something I haven't seen that much in 2017 Barolos and Barbarescos - but instead shows more power, concentration and tannic structure than the other vintages of Rosae we tasted. The flavor spectrum here has shifted from the typical, bright, red-toned fruit flavors to the ripe, darker-toned end, yet the wine doesn't come across as particularly sweet or showing too much ripeness. However, this came across as somewhat closed and definitely not as open for business as the surrounding vintages, so I guess this wine really would benefit from additional cellaring. Although I prefer the lighter and more playful style of Rosae, this was an impressive wine in its own right.
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