From 100% sangiovese, the Perlato del Bosco Rosso 2001 ** is thick and dark and dry. I’ve been watching it evolve for the past four plus years. In its youth this was a little tight and acidic, and it closed down for a little while resulting in a wine rather more like cheap Chianti Classico. But this year it seems to have come together and is drinking nicely. The fruits have reemerged and are a little dusty and the overall impression now is deep dark fruits, dark cocoa, with good acidity underneath.
Tua Rita is the home winery of couple Rita Tua and Virgilio Bisti bought their estate vineyard in Suvereto in 1984 and planted cabernet sauvignon and merlot, with another seven hectares planted later. Eighteen hectares are currently planted, of which only twelve are producing. They started making wine in 1985, but only bottled and sold wine starting in 1992. Tua Rita currently produces about 40,000 bottles annually. The wineries lie at 100 metres above sea level, on clay and river silt, which adds a depth to the wine which some has described as “ash,” but which I think of as mud or river silt. Stefano Chioccioli is their consulting enologist and agronomist.
Suvereto is a commone (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in Tuscany, located about 90 km southwest of Florence.
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