Tuscan Happy Hour Featuring the Wines of Podere Le Ripi

Tuscan Happy Hour Featuring the Wines of Podere Le Ripi

With Special Guest James Hadden from Dark Star Imports

Thursday, October 23^th

6pm

2023 Podere Le Ripi Cappuccetto Rosa Toscana Rosato IGT, Tuscany

Price: $39.00                             Your Price: $34.32

This biodynamically farmed rosato is 100% Sangiovese from Podere Le Ripi’s Montalcino vineyards. The fruit is hand-harvested and given a brief skin contact before a cool, native-yeast fermentation in stainless steel, followed by a short lees élevage with no oak to preserve cut and clarity. It is bright and precise, layering wild strawberry and sour cherry with blood-orange zest and silty mouthfeel.

2022 Podere Le Ripi 'Canna Torta' Bianco Toscana IGT Tuscany, Italy

Price: $63.00                             Your Price: $55.44

Appellation: Toscana Bianco IGT

Grape variety: Produced from 50% purchased grapes and remaining 50% from our own production, all organically grown in Tuscany

Tasting notes: This wine, as many orange wines do, gets out of the comfort zone of typical wine taste. We call this taste umami. It's not just a taste but also a feeling, it is a mix of saltiness, sweetness, bitterness but also acidity altogether, making this wine rich, meaty, and very tasty and savory.

2019 Podere Le Ripi "Amore e Follia" Toscana Rosso

Price: $47.50                     Sale $41.80

A blend of 50/50 Syrah and Sangiovese.  Lots of bright, very ripe red-berry character to this medium-bodied red with a light but firm tannin framework to the palate. But the fresh fruit pushes through to the end. Great minerality, turns savory just at the end.

2019 Podere Le Ripi "Sogni e Follia" Rosso Di Montalcino

Price: $63.00                             Your Price: $55.44

A deep ruby red with elegant orange shadows. In the nose, it expresses itself as a symphony of aromas going from an intense smell of cherry, strawberry, and violet to a fresh wild herbs aroma. For a Rosso di Montalcino, the wine is structured and refined, with a broad and smooth mouth and a long after taste. The 2019 vintage is one of the most enjoyable years, with a nice slim taste and very present and round tannins, which we attributed to an exceptional higher yield thanks to the good summer rain.

2018 Podere Le Ripi "Cielo d'Ulisse" Brunello Di Montalcino
Price: $99.75                     Sale $87.78

Bright ruby with lighter shadows, flavors are quite complex and the progression of different fragrances is endless, beginning with smaller black and red fruits, all surrounded by a hidden scent of blackberries and brackish water. Our vineyards on the western slopes are surrounded by a fresh forest and very close to the Ombrone river. This means that they can handle well warmer seasons. This is why the wine was able to maintain a nice dynamic taste, light without it being too sweet. The structure and texture of it are making us hope for great aging potential.

2018 Podere Le Ripi "Amore e Magia" Brunello Di Montalcino
Price: $155.25                           Your Price: $136.62

A deep ruby red, richer when compared to wines grown from our other vineyards. In the nose, it expresses itself as a symphony of aromas ranging from the intense smell of red-orange and violets to fresh balsamic herbal notes. This vineyard is characterized by a more creamy and silky taste coupled with a fun and vibrant saltiness. Wines from 2019 are certainly rich and Mediterranean.

Menu

Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie

Sauerkraut Balls

Pizza Napolitano

Beef Tartar

The fee for this tasting is $95 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com. 

Podere Le Ripi

“Podere le Ripi started as a dream, and a very old one too: a dream to create something.  This dream is also an aesthetic one: creating something extremely beautiful.  When I was 18 years old my dream was supposed to be an island, and Podere le Ripi is not an island, but it is some sort of a peninsula that dives into the noisy Orcia river.   With time, this something beautiful became also healthy and sustainable, and later we realized that it could have been applied somewhere else, therefore becoming replicable and socially positive in its approach.

This estate consists of 60 hectares of forest, vineyards, and olive trees occupied by a shepherd and his sheep until 1998.  An uncontaminated soil, invigorated by spontaneous biodiversity, surrounded by multiple native environments.  At that time, I wasn’t a winemaker, but a nature photographer, and I inevitably fell in love with this place.

I love quality, pardon, excellence*: I believe excellence gives emotions. And emotions give joy.  But emotions also help our brain to remember, and this produces culture and culture has always produced a better life.

Sometimes we forget it and we put something at risk:our future, which is based on the evolution of our culture.” – Francesco Illy