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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 11/12/2021: Bright ruby colored, full bodied, big, bold tangy raspberry, black currant and cherry fruits with accents of earth, anise, baking spices, leather and tobacco with firm but fine grained tannins on a bright acidic finish.
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2021/11/team-dinner-at-italian-village-chicago.html (552 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 3/4/2021: PnP enjoyed over 2 hours; last sip was the best. If this bottle is representative, it seems another year, or three, will do this good and put it squarely in its preferred window. I like the ingredients, but the whole is not really reflecting the sum of its parts just yet. HOLD. For the style, it's recommended
http://www.italianwine.blog (1862 views) | | | Tasted by Italiana on 2/6/2018: This bottle could not have been more different than the prior, disappointing bottle. Full, rounded, and rich, it still offered noticeable Sangiovese zing. Ready to go right out of the bottle, and held its ground through the evening. (1176 views) | | | Tasted by Italiana on 11/20/2017: I might have enjoyed this more if the price was in the $20 dollar range. It was surprisingly insipid for a Tuscan Sangiovese--light colored, gentle on the palate, but in the end wan and uninteresting. Perhaps the bottle had been mishandled in its life, but at the price I expect better from the supply chain. (1242 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 2/15/2017 & rated 90 points: TREBICCHIERI PRE-TASTING, nose of dark fruit, lovely and rich on the palate, medium/big body, hold for 2 years, slightly fruit forward, long finish. (1566 views) |
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Vinous, On the Tuscan Coast: New Releases (Oct 2015) (10/1/2015)
(Tenuta Sette Ponti Vigna Dell'impero) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (5/5/2015)
(Tenuta Sette Ponti Valdarno di Sopra Vigna dell'Impero 1935, 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!"SuperTuscan BlendSuperTuscan Blend refers to wines which feature a significant Sangiovese component combined with grapes not traditionally associated with Italy like Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon. This separates it from "Sangiovese blend" which is used for wines which are predominantly Sangiovese and combined with traditional Italian varieties. There is often confusion as many wines most famous associated with the term "Super Tuscan" like Sassicaia, Masseto and Ornellaia have no Sangiovese and are properly linked to 'Red Bordeaux Blend.'
In fact, Super Tuscan was a term coined to refer specifically to wines such as Sassicaia and Tignanello. These were wines that "fell out" of the official DOCG classification of Italian wines because they either contained grapes not permitted (international varietals such as cabernet sauvignon or merlot,) were aged differently (I.e. in barrique) or were 100% sangiovese - which was not permitted at the time for Chianti (E.g. Fontodi Flaccianello.) Forced to be classified as simply "Vina di Tavola" these wines nontheless quickly found favour in international markets and comanded prices above the highest quality DOCG Chianti Classico & Brunello di Montalcino wines at the time. The wine industry and press began to refer to these wines as SuperTuscans because of their popularity and quality, but also because of the prices they commanded. Subsequently, the Italian authorities, under the Goria Law 1992, redrew the classifications, and included the category IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) to classify the SuperTuscans.Vigna dell Impero On weinlagen-infoItaly 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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