In this conversation with Caiarossa's managing director, Alexander van Beek, and general manager, Jerome Poisson, James tastes the Caiarossa Toscana Bianco 2019 and Caiarossa Toscana Aria di Caiarossa 2018.
Jerome explains that the windy weather at Caiarossa, on Italy's Tuscan coast, gives great freshness to their wines, which Alexander notes is present in the 2018. Jerome also compares the 2018 to the 2016 – "a great vintage" – and 2017, which was "a little more complicated due to extreme heat." Alexander adds that the 2018 contains great "precision of the tannins" and there was a lot of focus on having an "aromatic precision with a lot of cleanness."
Find out more about Caiarossa and the reason for the shift from biodynamic to organic methods, James' thoughts on the two wines tasted in this interview, and Alexander's comments on demands for Caiarossa in the current global market.
