Ruffino

Il Ducale Toscana Red Blend

8.897 ratings
8.82 pro ratings
Tuscany, Italy
Red Blend
Game, Baking Spices, Duck, Goose, Potato, Chili & Hot Spicy, White Rice, Exotic Spices, Pasta, Herbs, Beans & Peas, Onion, Chicken, Pork, Venison, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Soft Cheese, Mushrooms, Tomato-Based, Turkey, Veal, Hard Cheese
Top Notes For
Sipping Fine Wine

Ruby with aromas of red berry fruits and sweet spice. On the palate flavors of cherry and red plums with vanilla oak notes. Good balance, rustic tannins, medium finish ending with fruit and spice. Good value.

Ruby with aromas of red berry fruits and sweet spice. On the palate flavors of cherry and red plums with vanilla oak notes. Good balance, rustic tannins, medium finish ending with fruit and spice. Good value.

1 person found it helpfulMay 10th, 2020
Gage Orion

Very refined Chianti for the price! Will definitely buy again.

Very refined Chianti for the price! Will definitely buy again.

May 13th, 2025
Brian Hearty

2016. Experimental spur of the moment pick up from a Salcha gas station wine rack. Bright lights and loaded with dust, I’m sure it was there for several years before I liberated it. My coworker smoked a rib roast and the straightforward cherry flavors in the wine paired great. Wine was surprisingly sound.

2016. Experimental spur of the moment pick up from a Salcha gas station wine rack. Bright lights and loaded with dust, I’m sure it was there for several years before I liberated it. My coworker smoked a rib roast and the straightforward cherry flavors in the wine paired great. Wine was surprisingly sound.

Apr 2nd, 2025
Hubert Smith

2018 Barbados

2018 Barbados

Jan 14th, 2025
Robert B

Blackberry, plum and cherry with floral notes on the nose. Hits the tongue with blackberry and leather, rolling to the back of the mouth in ripe plum and finishing with cherry, oak and walnut. Nice tannins, deep garnet, rich in flavor and warm in the mouth but not heavy. It’s a warm day in the fall in Tuscany.

Blackberry, plum and cherry with floral notes on the nose. Hits the tongue with blackberry and leather, rolling to the back of the mouth in ripe plum and finishing with cherry, oak and walnut. Nice tannins, deep garnet, rich in flavor and warm in the mouth but not heavy. It’s a warm day in the fall in Tuscany.

Aug 25th, 2024
Gillian Kennedy

Il Ducale 2019, red and robust with steak. The label says it is a blend, but of what varieties it does not say. It does say, en français, “moderne, intense, et fruité; une vin de caractère”. We agree.

Il Ducale 2019, red and robust with steak. The label says it is a blend, but of what varieties it does not say. It does say, en français, “moderne, intense, et fruité; une vin de caractère”. We agree.

Nov 22nd, 2023
Youngcheul Kim

2018 vintage on 10th Nov 2023

2018 vintage on 10th Nov 2023

Nov 11th, 2023
Jay
9.9

Excellent

Excellent

Aug 19th, 2022
Neal Ferry

Great with a mushroom ravioli Marsala sauce…. They called it super Tuscan, I call it Italian red wine

Great with a mushroom ravioli Marsala sauce…. They called it super Tuscan, I call it Italian red wine

Jun 29th, 2022
Zabe

Good wine, fruity but light taste to it

Good wine, fruity but light taste to it

Dec 28th, 2021