Ruffino, Platinum 21, Toscana IGT

Ruffino · Tuscany › Toscana › Italy

Red · Sangiovese Blend SuperTuscan Blend

Critics

90 /100

Reviews

professional

Vintages

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Community Reviews

Reviews

89.6

Avg Score

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Wow! Tuscan blend of colorino and merlot. Perfectly aged.

2001 vintage

Stand this bottle up for a least a few hours before decanting. Loaded with sediment. Decanted for 4 hours before drinking with veal with a sage sauce. A bit of bricking around the edge of the glass. Nice earthy leathery taste on the pallete. This is probably as good as it will get so drink now. Fruit is starting to subside. Nice wine.

2001 vintage

San Diego WineSpectator.com Offline, 10/10/2014 (Solare Restaurant, Liberty Station, Point Loma, San Diego CA) : 60:40 colorino & merlot. Cloudy dark garnet color with heavy sediment in the glass. I did not observe how the bottle was handled before serving. Lovely bouquet of fresh red cherries, plums, cloves, nutmeg, leather. Excellent balance, medium-full body, pleasantly tannic.

2001 vintage

very nice dark berries and sandalwood initially, and ripe blackberries after that. But then it fades very rapidly and becomes sort of hollow.

2001 vintage

I opened the wine not knowing what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised. This wine showed good character for a blend and for something over 10 years old. This wine was smooth, with plumb tones and a forward taste. I wish I had more of this vintage.

2001 vintage

Since this was received as a gift recently I don't know how it may have been stored, but this bottle seemed to be past its peak. An initial taste immediately after opening seemed promising, but without decanting, once poured, it quickly lost structure, tannin, acidity. Mushrooms on the nose, limited finish but a dark, dense color and good texture.

2001 vintage

First bottle since 2010 and it is fabulous. Incredible minerals, tar, gravel, sweet black cherry and what perfume! Still tannic but at peak. Popped and poured and opening up each glass. Way exceeded my expectations.

2001 vintage

Decanted 2 hrs. A nose full of mushrooms followed by the 'supple tannins' you would expect from the merlot. Excellent with grilled wagyu beef.

2001 vintage

Powerful, but with barnyard nose. Lots of good tannins, good attack, but a little short in the middle. Dark fruits with some tar.

2001 vintage

Large scaled wine with plums, coffee, green herbs, and graphite. With air, this became more refined and drank like a Bordeaux. Mixed reviews due to the green notes, but I thought it added complexity. Still very young.

2001 vintage

Deep ruby color with a nose of black and red fruits with hints of clove and cinnamon. The palate is soft and medium-bodied, but the fruit hardly comes out after some aeration time. There are hints of black currant, raspberry, tarragon, and a hint of spice on the finish. Very delicate and subtly nuanced - one might say that this just has a little more finness than others, but the mid-palate was a little watered-down for me. Drink now.

2001 vintage

just ok. not worth the money

2001 vintage

Pleasant and engaging. Needs more time. A little offbeat for my taste.

2001 vintage

Decanter Great Italian Fine Wine Encounter (The Landmark Hotel, London NW1) : Made from 60% Corolino and 40% Merlot this wine spends 18 months in oak. Ruby red in colour the nose shows red fruit, especially plums, and herby characters. The palate is deep, dark and lucious with hints of tobacco, coffee, toasted nuts and cracked pepper. Still quite young, but has good ageing possibilities. Very nice. (Tasted in the Grand Tasting, Decanter Great Italian Fine Wine Encounter, Landmark Hotel, …

2001 vintage

60% colorino, 40% merlot rich garnet colour. deep cherry nose. blackberry, cherry, sour cherry. earthy -- a little mousey bread-mold until opened up then more brandywine sweet mushroom and truffle.

2001 vintage

rich bouquet cherry and oak, but beet taste and low character, dusty finish.

2001 vintage