{"id":9382,"date":"2021-01-14T09:46:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T09:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/?p=9382\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T09:46:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T09:46:57","slug":"vinous-top-ratings-for-the-new-vintages-of-rocca-di-frassinellos-red-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/news-en\/vinous-top-ratings-for-the-new-vintages-of-rocca-di-frassinellos-red-wines\/","title":{"rendered":"VINOUS TOP RATINGS FOR THE NEW VINTAGES OF ROCCA DI FRASSINELLO\u2019S RED WINES"},"content":{"rendered":"From <strong>96\/100<\/strong> pts to <strong>Baffonero 2017<\/strong> described as <em>\u201cfaboluos\u201d<\/em> to <strong>94\/100<\/strong> pts to <strong>Rocca di Frassinello 2018<\/strong>, the wine critic <strong>Antonio Galloni<\/strong> awards <strong>Rocca di Frassinello<\/strong> new vintages.<!--more--><br><br>\r\n\r\n<em>\u201cI was deeply impressed with the wines I tasted this year from Rocca di Frassinello. The flagship Merlot Baffonero, has been superb in several tastings over the last handful of months, which is pretty remarkable considering all of the challenges presented by the 2017 growing season\u201d<\/em>. With these words, <strong>Antonio Galloni<\/strong>, founder of <strong>Vinous<\/strong> and considered as one of the most independent and influential wine critics in the world, explains the excellent scores awarded to Rocca di Frassinello\u2019s red wines. <em>\u201cThe 2018s vintages of the other wines are consistent across the board\u201d<\/em> underlines Galloni.<br><br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baffonero-2017-e-Rocca-di-Frassinello-2018_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baffonero-2017-e-Rocca-di-Frassinello-2018_2-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"Baffonero 2017 e Rocca di Frassinello 2018_2\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baffonero-2017-e-Rocca-di-Frassinello-2018_2-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baffonero-2017-e-Rocca-di-Frassinello-2018_2-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baffonero-2017-e-Rocca-di-Frassinello-2018_2-955x1024.jpg 955w, https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Baffonero-2017-e-Rocca-di-Frassinello-2018_2.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><br>\r\nStarting from the amazing <strong>96 pts to Baffonero 2017<\/strong>, the flagship 100% Merlot of the winery, that Galloni does not hesitate to define as <em>\u201cfabulous\u201d<\/em>. <em>\u201cThe 2017 vintage \u2013 explains the critic \u2013 balances power, silkiness and depth with tons of stylishness\u201d<\/em>.<br><br>\r\n\r\nExcellent score also for <strong>Rocca di Frassinello 2018<\/strong>, the winery Grand Vin which gets <strong>94 pts<\/strong>. Described as <em>\u201ca bold, exotic wine\u201d<\/em>, for Galloni the new vintage is <em>\u201cdecidedly racy\u201d<\/em>.<br><br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sughere_Ornello_Poggio_3-955x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sughere_Ornello_Poggio_3-955x1024-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sughere_Ornello_Poggio_3-955x1024\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sughere_Ornello_Poggio_3-955x1024-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sughere_Ornello_Poggio_3-955x1024-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sughere_Ornello_Poggio_3-955x1024.jpg 955w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><br><br>\r\n<strong>93 pts<\/strong> is the score for <strong>Ornello 2018<\/strong> that, according to the critic is <em>\u201conce again, one of the more intriguing wines in the range in 2018\u201d<\/em>. <em>\u201cOrnello has a brooding dimension to its personality that the other wines don\u2019t have\u201d<\/em>, adds Galloni.<br><br>\r\n\r\nFinally, a score of 92 pts goes to <strong>Le Sughere di Frassinello 2018<\/strong>, defined as <em>&#8220;aromatic and light on its feet&#8221;<\/em>, while <strong>Poggio alla Guardia 2018<\/strong>, the entry-wine of the range, gets 90 pts and is described as <em>\u201csoft, succulent and very easy to like\u201d<\/em>.\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 96\/100 pts to Baffonero 2017 described as \u201cfaboluos\u201d to 94\/100 pts to Rocca di Frassinello 2018, the wine critic Antonio Galloni awards Rocca di Frassinello new vintages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,50],"tags":[164,117,229,240,239,335,159,165],"class_list":["post-9382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-news-en","tag-antonio-galloni","tag-maremma-toscana","tag-ratings","tag-red-wines","tag-reviews","tag-rocca-di-frassinello-en","tag-supertuscan","tag-vinous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9384,"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382\/revisions\/9384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castellare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}