Robert Parker

Release Price: $240 | Spicy, sweet and full of dark fruit, the Tua Rita 2023 Syrah Per Sempre is a strikingly expressive wine. Syrah can risk allowing structure to overwhelm varietal character, but as proprietor Stefano Frascolla notes, that is emphatically not the case here, making 2023 a particularly successful vintage in this regard. The wine is lively and vibrant on the palate with bright acidity. Winemaking favors an infusion-style approach with whole berries and more skins, increasing volume during maceration to build body without heaviness. The wine grows in dimension rather than fruit weight. Sweetly spiced on the close and beautifully poised, this Syrah feels different from earlier expressions yet is deeply convincing.
Drink Date:
2027 - 2048

Livets Goda - World's Best Wine Magazine

Tua Rita’s proud Syrah icon, Per Sempre, showcases a harmonious and precisely balanced power, where the tannins carry themselves with a respectful grip, allowing the wine’s seamless, expressive elegance to take center stage. The fruit from the 35–40-year-old vines south of Suvereto carries a flawlessly integrated acidity. In its youth this vintage possesses a sensuously redder gleam in its evolved ripeness, featuring intense and deep-toned notes of cherry, plum, raspberry, cassis, and blackberry. Resting in the background is a discreet maritime minerality with an almost salt-streaked resonance that deepens the overall impression. Aromas of sweet tobacco, sage, and lavender sweep up with delicate integration, while the 18 months in French barriques – approximately 60% of which are new – contribute subtle, cedar-spiced traits and a well-defined aromatic profile that elegantly frames the structure. Per Sempre is a wine where concentration and finesse meet in a confident, almost poetic expression, to be enjoyed today or over the next 20 years if desired.When Tua Rita released its first wine in 1992, eyes turned toward Maremma with new perspective. As a neighboring region located 50 kilometers south of its more famous older brother, Bolgheri, Maremma had constantly stood in the shadows, but things began to change with the arrival of "new" wineries. Then came this estate with a Bordeaux blend that no one could ignore. Since then, Tua Rita has consistently delivered magnificent wines of great diversity and precision.

James Suckling

Subtle aromas of crushed stones, blackberries, blueberries and flint follow through to a medium body with ultra-fine tannins and a refined finish. Hints of sandalwood and nutmeg with a citrus undertone. Elegant and pretty. Shows a precise and soft hand in the vineyard and winemaking. Sustainable. Drinkable already, but will age beautifully.

Falstaff

Bright ruby red colour, shiny. Earthy aroma on the nose with hints of orange cordial, black tea, some marzipan, oak, reminiscent of dried rose petals. Compact, tight-knit and powerful on the palate, with earthy, powerful tannins and a lovely juiciness.

Decanter

It's always a pleasure to taste this wine, sourced from just 18 rows of Syrah. Amarena cherries, cocoa, prunes and herbs mingle with lifted floral fragrance. A concentration of black and blue berries cradled by very fine, silky tannins ends with a flourish of cocoa, bitter herbs and violet.

Jeb Dunnuck

The 2023 Syrah Per Sempre is from a single vineyard with limestone and clay soils and sees a more classic élevage with large 50-hectoliter casks, aged for 15-17 months in 80% new barrique. In the glass, it pours a saturated ruby/purple tone with a bright magenta rim. The nose has more oak spice and a polished, luxurious feel, with cedar, clove, plum, olive, and baking spice. Full-bodied, it has more intensity and a lot to offer all around, with more structure, but it’s going to require some patience to come together. Drink 2027-2040.
Marco Lamastra leads the winemaking at this landmark Suvereto estate.

Vinous

The 2023 Syrah Per Sempre is super elegant and refined. Bright red-toned fruit, rose petal, mint, dried herbs and pomegranate all race across the palate. A kiss of French oak frames the long, persistent finish. This is impeccably done and shows a bit better than it did last year. Bright saline notes linger.

Orazio Campoli – Italian Wine Reviews

Tua Rita "Per Sempre" Syrah is one of the best expressions of Syrah in Italy, to me this is the only Syrah that is able to blends Tuscan soul with Rhône-like depth and elegance. Since its first vintage, "Per Sempre" has stood as a benchmark for the varietal, proving that the coastal terroir of Suvereto is able to produce international-class Syrah with superb complexity and sturdiness. The 2022 vintage is, once again, refined, providing a captivating nose of ripe blackberries, blueberries, and dark plums, intertwined with violets, black pepper, smoked meat, and Mediterranean herbs. How not to like this guy! This wine, like his brother ‘Redigaffi’, only sees 100% new French oak adding intensity, and structure to this already profound wine. This is a Syrah for lovers of new world power. This is a must try if you are into Syrah, with 99pts it is one of the world’s highest reviewed Syrah.

Wine Enthusiast

If the Syrah of the Keir tastes like the discovery of an ancient sculpture, the Per Sempre is when you see that sculpture cleaned, staged and properly lit in the museum. Thundering, towering, moving.

Livets Goda - World's Best Wine Magazine

When Tua Rita released its first wine in 1992, eyes turned toward Maremma with a new perspective. As a neighboring region located 50 kilometers south of its more famous older brother, Bolgheri, Maremma had constantly stood in the shadows, but things began to change with the arrival of "new" wineries. Then came this estate with a Bordeaux blend that no one could ignore. Since then, Tua Rita has consistently delivered magnificent wines, and today Maremma boasts many world-class wineries. Tua Rita’s 100% Syrah, Per Sempre, is now a perennial high-scoring wine, and with this vintage, it reaches the very top of the scale. Driven by seamless, expressive elegance and a low-simmering acidity, it is a fantastically homogenous, balanced, and tannin-elegant wine. The fruit, harvested from 35–40-year-old vines south of the town of Suvereto, is darkly ripe with notes of cherry, plum, raspberry, cassis, and blackberry. A maritime, mineral salinity rests humbly in the depths, while ripples of sweet tobacco, sage, and lavender behave with integrated finesse. The oak – 18 months in French barriques, 60% of which are new – provides nuanced, cedar-spiced undertones and fine aromatics. Per Sempre 2022 is a true wine star, today and for a righteous number of years to come.