The 2008 Rosso dei Notri is a pretty, juicy wine laced with red fruit, flowers and sweet spices, all of which come together on a generous, plump frame with terrific overall balance and harmony. Enjoy this juicy red over the next few years. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2014. This is a gorgeous set of new wines from Tua Rita. Perhaps the best news for consumers is there is very little qualitative difference between the estate’s more modestly-priced wines and the high-end bottlings, something that is typical of quite a few properties in Maremma in 2007. A Leonardo Lo Cascio Selection, Winebow, Montvale, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620

This is a highly perfumed super Tuscan blend from Tua Rita with dense aromas of church incense and scented candle backed by blackberry, cherry, spice and toasted wood. The wine is piquant and raw in the mouth with a rich and slightly sweet finish. ——M.L.(3/1/2010)—— 89