Tua Rita

Rosso dei Notri

2023

Tuscany

Italy

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Varietals

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Flavors

Black Currant

Leather

Smoke

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Palate Character

Powerful & Extracted

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Tasting Notes

Full-bodied with plus tannin and acidity displaying rich black currant and red cherry fruit followed by tobacco, smoke, leather, and chocolatey spice in the lengthy finish.

COLOR

Dark Ruby Red

BODY

TANNIN

ACIDITY

SWEET

ALCOH.

14.5%

GRAPE(S)

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Franc

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Why this wine made the cut…

A quality bargain from a top Super Tuscan Producer.

GRAPE VARIETAL(S)

Cabernet Sauvignon

40% Ca-ber-NAY So-vee-NYON

Cabernet Sauvignon origins are from the Gironde in southwest France, but is now planted across the world in climates that accommodate this late ripening grape. It is the dominant grape in wines made in Bordeaux’s Médoc and Graves regions. This small, thick-skinned grape, produces darkly colored wine, high in tannin and relatively high in acidity with hallmark aromas of blackcurrant and can stylistically change from austere in its youth to lush depending on the region, and winemaking style.

Merlot

40% Mer-LO

It would be easier to detail where Merlot is not grown than vice-versa, as it is one of the most widely planted grapes in the world. Depending on the terroir, the style can vary quite a bit. Generally, Merlot is fleshy and more fruit driven and with less aggressive tannins than its oft more austere blending partner, Cabernet Sauvignon, which also makes it more accessible in its youth. The quality and character can vary from crowd pleasing sweet plummy fruit to extraordinary complex velvety texture of a great right bank Bordeaux.

Syrah

10% See-RA

Syrah is widely planted throughout the world, but that was not so until the late twentieth century when Syrah was principally grown in the Rhone Valley and, as Shiraz, in Australia. Stylistically, the Palate Character of Syrah can vary depending on ripeness from a rich Round & Fleshy, Tone & Backbone, to a Powerful & Extracted. The flavors and aromas can also vary with a dark, sometimes sweet, fruit character, varying amount of spice, floral, and earth, and smoke, and meaty aromas and flavors.

Cabernet Franc

10% Ca-ber-NAY FRANK

Cabernet Franc is grown all over the world, but the best expressions are generally found in France, specifically in the Loire, South West, and Bordeaux as a key part of many blends. Medium bodied and more aromatic than Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc’s aromas can have an herbaceous tinge depending on the ripeness level.

Country / State

Italy

Region

Tuscany

Producer

Tua Rita

Vintage

2023

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Tua Rita

Val di Cornia

Rita Tua and her husband Virgilio bought property in Suvereto in the northern Maremma in order to make great wines from syrah, cabernet, and merlot.

Tua Rita remains a boutique winery that is now 30 acres of sustainably farmed and low-yielding hillside vines that grow on rocky soils, making several highly coveted wines like Redigaffi, as well as wines that are a great value, like Perlato del Bosco.

The wines of Tua Rita display exuberant, complex fruit that is buttressed by great acidity and backbone.