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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 100 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by elevwine on 4/21/2024 & rated 92 points: Time was very kind to this bottle. Earlier bottles seemed a bit disjointed but this was in a great place. Fruit-forward blend. Tannins fully resolved resulting in a velvety soft Tuscan that earns the “Super” superlative. (192 views) | | | Tasted by elevwine on 7/17/2023 & rated 88 points: Not much gas left in the tank here. Drink up. (952 views) | | | Tasted by tadams66 on 12/23/2022 & rated 91 points: Much better place than when I had the last one in 2018. Good fruit with nice structure and finish. Better integrated. Drink now and over the next 3 years. (1461 views) | | | Tasted by olracx62 on 12/20/2022 & rated 89 points: nice and quite complex blend od sangiovese and merlot, with an elegant and balanced touch of wood. Time has improved balance and integration and now this wine is its perfect drinking window (1298 views) | | | Tasted by olracx62 on 12/9/2022 & rated 90 points: this bottle far better than my last, with balanced and well integrated taste of red fruit and some oak (14 mos in tonneau). Made basically of CabSauv (90%) and Merlot (10%) well pairs with a costata fiorentina. With Giorgio after 6 months (1336 views) | | | Tasted by ngulra on 11/12/2022: Liked it! (1308 views) | | | Tasted by olracx62 on 10/3/2022 & rated 88 points: quite disappointing, the wine seems not to be well integrated and lacks pleaantness, with some bitterness. Tasted over a few days with Coravin, the first sips better than the others (1002 views) | | | Tasted by Tad GW on 6/21/2022 & rated 90 points: 50+5+12+16+7=90 (924 views) | | | Tasted by pinoteer on 4/5/2022 & rated 90 points: The warm, rich-fruit vintage means that this has softened earlier than some other vintages. 2007 was a more muscular and tannic vintage that took 8 years to soften. So good with Italian red sauce. (1050 views) | | | Tasted by strawbo on 12/15/2021 & rated 86 points: Lacking elegance (1555 views) | | | Tasted by pinoteer on 11/3/2021 & rated 90 points: A better Italian red wine for the price? Possibly...but very unlikely. I so like this blend and the winery's treatment of it, that I'm tempted to go 91. (1689 views) | | | Tasted by pinoteer on 10/21/2021 & rated 90 points: Decanted, but this was pretty much ready to go at the PnP. Medium tannins, but lower acidity vintage. I'm recalling plum, blueberries, vanilla, and a little cedar from last night. Solid wine. Given the softer, plusher vintage, I'm not sure this will age as long as some previous vintages. (1503 views) | | | Tasted by Max S. on 10/8/2021 & rated 91 points: Drinking well right now, give last bottle likely until 2023 for tannins to fully resolve. (1453 views) | | | Tasted by Max S. on 1/27/2021 & rated 92 points: Drinking great with a couple years ahead (2219 views) | | | Tasted by elevwine on 1/17/2021 & rated 89 points: Modern, fruit-forward style. A bit of prune peeks out but then wine softens to rich cherry. Easy drinking, not much in the way of acidity (particularly for an Italian) complexity or tannins. I would not hold on to this much longer. (1889 views) | | | Tasted by afields on 12/13/2020: Polished style without the rough edges or screaming acid that I often appreciate in Sangiovese, but it’s also pretty fairly well balanced—a little round and forward but that’s the vintage characters I maybe the 2016 will be more to my taste. Some French oak. Dark red fruit with mahogany and leather. M acid, M- tannin, M to M+ body. ~6/10 (1854 views) | | | Tasted by Laz4wine on 12/10/2020 & rated 89 points: So really enjoyed the 13 almost a year ago, this did not impress nearly as much. 3Day has good directional observations, just not sure it can deliver expected elegance, dark fruit, or complexity. Maybe needs time, more of a decant, better food, or all of the above. Not sure will merit more than 87 - 89, but will give benefit of the doubt and try again in 2 - 3 yrs. (1888 views) | | | Tasted by cbajustin on 7/26/2020 & rated 90 points: Very smooth, nothing really outstanding but a solid wine. Not something you bring over to impress friends but a certain crowd pleaser. Would buy again as a slightly above average Italian red. (2213 views) | | | Tasted by Manzanilla on 6/18/2020: Rosso rubino intenso
Frutta rossa matura: prugna e mora
Un pochino etereo
Rosa o lillá
Nota di caffè e forse liquirizia e leggero cuoio
Un pò di balsamico
Nota vanigliata e legno
Di corpo,caldo(14%),rotondo,fresco,legg sapido,giust tannico
Equilibrato e persistente
Buon vino! (1861 views) | | | Tasted by Doblk on 5/16/2020 & rated 92 points: Lots of aromatics. Rich fruit with some smoke and wood. It has some Sangiovese sharpness and acidity but nicely tempered. Very enjoyable with a beef stew. Excellent qpr. (2204 views) | | | Tasted by Theamaronefan on 4/17/2020 & rated 90 points: Medium bodied, crisp acidity and well balanced. Tart cherry, iron, mineral and dark chocolate. (2242 views) | | | Tasted by 3daywinereview.com on 4/13/2020 & rated 90 points: Always like this wine for the vlue. Minerals, raspberries, cherry, floral and iron on the finish. (1431 views) | | | Tasted by 3daywinereview.com on 4/12/2020 & rated 91 points: Day 1: Really nice wine for low $20s. Funk, minerals, red currants and earth. Medium plus finish and good acidity. 91 points
Day 2: Retains some of the funkiness along with iron, red currants, spice, earth and red meat. Medium finish and good acidity. Well made wine. 91 points
Day 3: More fruit and less of the funk/earth I got on day 1 and 2. Solid overall. 90 points
Recommendation: IF you can get this for around $20 buy. Solid everyday wine. (2428 views) | | | Tasted by Max S. on 2/23/2020 & rated 91 points: Nice cherry and blackberry with a spicy kick, solid qpr (2106 views) | | | Tasted by monk1019 on 2/17/2020 & rated 89 points: A predominantly Sangiovese blend, chocolates and lilacs to delight any palate. Served with macaroni and sauce! Wish I had more. (2016 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Tuscany New Releases: Maremma, Montepulciano & More (Apr 2018) (4/18/2018)
(Tenuta Sette Ponti Crognolo Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Walter Speller
JancisRobinson.com (11/17/2017)
(Sette Ponti, Crognolo IGT Toscana Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Michael Godel
WineAlign (10/12/2017)
(Tenuta Sette Ponti Crognolo, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Szabo, MS
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(Tenuta Sette Ponti Crognolo, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By David Lawrason
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(Tenuta Sette Ponti Crognolo, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
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(Tenuta Sette Ponti Toscana Crognolo, Red, Italy) Subscribe to see review text. |
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Tenuta Sette Ponti lies in the heart of the Chianti area, not far away from Arezzo. The oldest vines were planted in 1935 by Duke Amadeo d’Aosto vice-king of Ethiopia, in remembrance of a victory. It has been the property of different members of the Italian royal family until the end of the 1950s, when architect Alberto Moretti bought it from Princesses Margherita and Maria Cristina di Savoia d’Aosta, daughters of Vittorio Emanuele III, king of Italy from 1900 to 1946. The Moretti family started working at the estate as soon as the end of autumn 1957. In 1996, Antonio Fioravante Moretti, Alberto’s son, took over. He was the leader of a group of companies in the sector of luxury and fashion, but decided to follow his passion. He decided to bottle the wine directly at the estate. His 1998 Crognolo and his 1999 Oreno have both become symbols of the oenological vocation of Tuscany. The winemaker is Carlo Ferrini, one of the best in Italy, who also works for other prestigious Tuscan estates such as Fattoria di Petrolo, Talenti and Brancaia. The vineyards comprise 150 acres. The estate, like many Tuscan estates, is multi-dimensional. The huge 750-acre property incorporates a stud farm for race horses, breeding of native Tuscan Chiana cattle, a preserve for a rare breed of pig, and fields of sun flowers and maze.
The Sette Ponti estate lies fifteen miles northwest of the city of Arezzo in the heart of the Chianti zone. The name Sette Ponti translates as "seven bridges" and refers to the seven bridges crossing the Arno River on the road from Arezzo to Florence.
Curiously, in a region where 200-year-old wineries are commonplace, Sette Ponti didn't even make wine until 1997, when owner, Dr. Antonio Moretti, asked his good friend Piero Antinori if he thought the estate could produce great wines. Antinori's response, loosely translated, was "Ya, sure, ya betcha!"Sangiovese BlendSangiovese blend is used in CellarTracker for Italian wines to represent wines predominantly made of Sangiovese and blended with traditional Italian grapes. It is different than SuperTuscan which is a blend of Sangiovese with non-traditional (eg Bordeaux) varieties, often in closer to equal portions. For example, Chianti is at least 80% Sangiovese and will always be listed Sangiovese blend.CrognoloTenuta Sette Ponti’s first release was the 1998 vintage Crognolo(pronounced cro nyoh’ loh), named after a wild bush, Cornus, which grows on the estate. The blend of Sangiovese and Merlot from vines of an average age of 25 to 35 years yields a refined, elegantly stylish wine of fruit forward lushness. The wine’s dense color suggests a concentration confirmed on the palate along with sweet ripe flavors of wild cherries, black fruit, leather and vanilla also evident in the aromas. The wine is firmly structured yet elegant, with good tannic support and well-integrated oak notes, leaving an overall impression of harmony, balance and length.
Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytToscana IGTHere is the Wikipedia entry for Toscana wine. |
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