2019 Tua Rita Rosso dei Notri Toscana 750 ml

If you think “luxury” when you hear the words Super Tuscan, you’re not alone. Boasting names like Sassicaia, Tignanello, Masseto, and Ornellaia, the category is defined by grandeur—which is why finding Super Tuscan values feels so good.

Tua Rita’s high-end bottles regularly fit in with those grand names—they were just the second-ever Italian winery to earn a 100-point score from Wine Advocate—but their Rosso dei Notri is a wine of a different stripe. It offers value that is near unparalleled in Tuscany.

Our members have noticed. The 2019 boasts a jaw-dropping 4.4-star rating from them—some of the hardest critics out there—and Wine Advocate said it “offers terrific value.”  

Rosso dei Notri is made from Tua Rita’s first pick on the property. The 2019 is 30% Sangiovese, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Syrah, and 20% Merlot, aged primarily in stainless-steel tanks and older casks. Exotic, full of creamy red berries and notes of sottobosco (underbrush), the wine evokes its vineyard’s surroundings, a forested zone that served as a hunting destination for Tuscan nobles in the Middle Ages. Roast wild boar shoulder plugged with garlic and rosemary, anyone?

In 1984, Rita Tua and husband Virgilio Bisti entered into their project with a spirit of modesty which, luckily for us, is still reflected in the price tag. With an ambition that did not extend beyond farming, they bought a small parcel of land and planted it to Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. In 1992, they released their first wine, the Left Bank-inspired Giusto di Notri, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, and they haven’t looked back since, even when crafting humble but delicious wines like this 2019 Rosso dei Notri.