Tua Rita Keir White 2024

€42.00

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Tua Rita Keir White 2024

Tua Rita Keir White 2024 is an artisanal white Toscana IGT, produced in Suvereto, in the Alta Maremma, where Rita Tua and Virgilio Bisti founded Tua Rita in 1984. Known for its great cult reds, the estate demonstrates in this wine a more experimental approach, deeply rooted in Mediterranean tradition. The name “Keir” comes from an ancient Greek word associated with the working hand, perfectly reflecting the spirit of this wine: manual, patient and unconventional. Produced from Ansonica, a historic grape variety of the Tuscan coast, the Keir Bianco 2024 is a skin-macerated white, more textured, briny and food-friendly than a classic white. It is a rare expression from Tua Rita, made in very limited quantities and designed for those seeking authenticity, energy and something different.

Vinification: The grapes macerate on the skins for around two months in clay/cocciopesto amphorae. The wine is neither clarified nor filtered, seeking to preserve the texture, the grape variety’s identity and the project’s artisanal character. The wine is then aged in neutral containers, maintaining freshness and precision.

Tasting notes: It offers aromas of citrus, lime, honeysuckle, yellow fruit, honey, apricot and subtle mineral notes. On the palate, it is dry, textured and vibrant, with medium body, subtle skin tannins, good salinity and a long, firm finish full of character.

Grape varieties: 100% Ansonica

Wine Type: White Wine
Format: 0,75L
Vintage: 2024
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
Robert Parker: RP92
Wine Enthusiast: 94
James Suckling: 93
Decanter: 93

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A clean and brilliant white with aromas and flavors of sliced limes and honeysuckle, as well as lemons. It’s medium-bodied with linear fruit and verticality and energy at the end. Made and aged in Drunken Turtle amphoras, which are very reductive and give a transparent character. Sustainable. Drink now.

Made with Ansonica, the Tua Rita 2024 Keir Bianco undergoes two months of skin maceration and stands as one of the estate’s most distinctive and characterful wines. Fermentation and aging take place using a combination of amphora (just one) and cocciopesto vessels, a reductive material introduced to replace more porous containers. Whole clusters are enclosed in nets and left in contact with the skins throughout maceration, resulting in a wine with firm tannic structure, notable richness and mineral or ferrous elements on the bouquet. Salinity emerges clearly on the finish, and while the wine is mid-weight in texture, it feels compact and silky with a decisive finish. Described by proprietor Stefano Frascolla as a "vino contadino," (or "farmers' wine"), Keir Bianco is unapologetically rustic, authentic and deeply rooted in local tradition.

Tannic, thick-skinned, generously productive, Ansonica is a grape that was long-loved by people who worked the land because it made winemaking easy, even if the wine that resulted from it wasn't always very impressive. When it gets the expert touch, as in this case, it reveals itself to be nothing short of magic.

Vinified in cocciopesto, this Ansonica spends three months on the skins, filled to the brim of the vessel to work in a more reductive way. It's super-floral, with plenty of roast pineapple underlined by hints of almonds, herbs and clay. Tight and fresh, it's a textural sip with a long, vibrant, saline and perfumed finish.

Delicate straw yellow. Somewhat restrained on the nose, citrus fruit and mineral notes, nuances of oyster shells and sea breeze. Fresh and juicy on the palate, with great drinking flow, an animating acidic structure and an elegant, persistent finish.