Scala Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore 2023 (13.5%)

A 2023 red wine from the Cirò DOC in Calabria, southern Italy, made from 100% Gaglioppo. It is bottled at 13.5% ABV. The wine has a luminous ruby red colour with light garnet reflections and a medium body. It opens with wild plums, sour cherries, fleshy raspberries, sun-dried tomatoes, dried tea leaves, wilted violets and exotic eastern spices, then delivers fresh red berry fruits with coastal salinity and firm, finely integrated tannins, finishing persistent, clean and savory.