Wine Tua Rita, “Keir” Syrah, Rosso Toscana IGT, 2017

Dry red wine Syrah, 2011 is made from grapes grown in the Upper Maremma. Stocking density of vines – 8,500 plants per hectare. Soils are mainly clay, with the inclusion of a significant proportion of pebbles. Highly placed areas have a stony structure lying in the lowlands – muddy. Winery practicing organic methods of cultivation and cultivation of grapes. Average annual production of this wine is not more than 3000 bottles a year. Bunches of grapes are picked by hand in small boxes in the last days of September. Before the production of wort fruit are selected on a vibrating sorting belt, after which they were completely separated from the ridges. Vinification process takes about 20 days. Excerpt wine in new French oak barrels lasts 20-22 months. Bottling wine occurs in the summer. Before entering the sale of wine sent to “rest” for a few months. This wine can be enjoyed at a young age, but having a large storage capacity, it is able to evolve over the years in the bottle and demonstrate magnificent deep taste. Bottle label design developed Rafael de Rosa.

American wine critic Antonio Galloni, who in 2006-2013 he participated in the expert committee of publication “The Wine Advocate”, characterizes the vintage 2011 as follows: “Syrah 2011 strikes genuine beauty. Despite the very warm season and, as a consequence, it is very early harvest, vintage 2011 is full varietal character of berries grown in the Maremma. The wine is full breadth and depth of fine right now, immediately after bottling. Vintage 2011 will be a very interesting development. “

In 1984, his wife Rita Tua and Virgilio Bisti purchased the estate, located in the town of Notre. Old town with its picturesque surroundings is situated on a height of 100 meters above sea level. The surrounding vineyards grow mainly on chalk and clay soils rich in zinc and iron, so the wine of this region have a pronounced minerality. The new owners decided to land on their vineyard Cabernet and Merlot, from the berries of which in 1992 the estate was made the first wine – Giusto di Notri, once was praised by experts for a special “Tuscan” the nature and depth of flavor. After 2 years of farming Tua Rita offered to the consumer of wine “Redigaffi”, created on the basis of Merlot. His success was resounding. Particularly successful was the 2000 vintage, the code first Italian wine obtained from Robert Parker (known international critics) the maximum score of 100 points, and the authoritative magazine “Revue du Vin de France” has made him one of the hundred best wines in the world. This recognition family business owners have managed to modernize and expand the production area to 50 hectares of vineyards.

Rita and Virgilio believe that the quality of the wine depends on the vine and so basic, the most responsible jobs in the vineyards are made by hand and with great respect for the land and plants. The company currently Tua Rita using highly oenologist Stefano Chioccioli produces 5 types of red and white wine 2 types totaling about 110,000 bottles a year. Most of the products sold outside Italy.