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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 149 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by kksvail@aol.com on 3/1/2024 & rated 93 points: still drinking nicely (300 views) | | | Tasted by jdamaral@rogers.com on 12/25/2023 & rated 95 points: Deep ruby with a small garnet rim. A nose of dark blue fruits with a lovely freshness. (Mint?) The palate still has plenty of ripe juicy fruit with a compelling savory note. Medium plus acidity makes this great with food. (Served with Bison bolognese) These wine are built to age. Stiil plenty of life left. Last bottle. (450 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 9/23/2023 & rated 93 points: 4th Saturday Brown Bagger (EBCC): Blind. Dusty red color with slight bricking. Aromas of leather, plum, soy and black currants. Plush, with flavors of dark fruit and leather. Balanced, with a long finish. Delightful, and my favorite in the flight. 93+ pts.
This had been double decanted off its sediment 90 minutes before the flight was poured. (861 views) | | | Tasted by jviz on 5/22/2023 & rated 92 points: Dense and weighty, velvety and polished with blue red and black fruits. Some wood tannins remain but most of the oak effect has faded, which is just what the 2016 Guado Al Tasso needed. (1180 views) | | | Tasted by DavilaDC on 5/15/2023 & rated 92 points: Beautiful black cherry fruit and great acidity. 20 minutes of air allows the nose to open and bring in some Italian dirt. After 40-45 minutes the mid-palate starts to really show through and extend the length of the finish. (1006 views) | | | Tasted by jdamaral@rogers.com on 12/8/2022 & rated 93 points: Really impressed. Still great nose and classic varietal attributes. I think that this will still be lovely in 5 years. Served with grilled lamb chops and spinach. I want more. (1131 views) | | | Tasted by KVM on 5/23/2022: Very dark red. Plum, some oak, black berry nose. Rich, but only medium body, blackberry. I'm not getting any tell tale cabernet herbaceousness. This is beautifully ripe and silky. (1719 views) | | | Tasted by Frontal on 2/20/2022 & rated 95 points: D’une grande concentration et moins evoluer que j’aurais pensé pour un 2005. D’un rouge profond et intense. Au nez, des aromes de Kirsch domine. On n’atteint jamais la saturation olfactive, on en redemande. En bouche les tanins sont poudreux et bien intégrés, tout est harimonieux. Des arome de cerise et d’herbes séchées nous envoûtent. (1665 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 8/20/2021 & rated 88 points: Friday Night Brown Bagger (R&D's): Blind. Dark color. Hints of prune and black fruit, with woody/stemmy qualities and just a hint of bouillon as well. Becomes less pruny as it opens in the glass, showing better balance and fruit. (2337 views) | | | Tasted by acheng on 5/19/2021 & rated 93 points: Haven’t had this wine for awhile. Noticed the price fir recent vintage had gone up only slightly and figure I’ll open this to see if it’s worthwhile to fill up more. This is at prime drinking right now. Still dark purple. Luxurious cedar oak with black fruit. The savory herbal notes from the bygone era of more than a dollop of Sangiovese really make the case for its inclusion on this showing. Tannin is well resolved and sweet. Nice length. Will drink well for years to come yet. (2206 views) | | | Tasted by pgm on 3/5/2021 & rated 93 points: No detailed notes, but this was drinking surprisingly fresh considering its age. Probably at peak, good for at least another five. But a bottle in good condition now is a treat. (2190 views) | | | Tasted by SeattlePaul on 1/7/2021: This was not in very good shape, I'm not certain why. Fruit was a little absent and there were some bitter notes that never quite went away. Unexpected. (1882 views) | | | Tasted by SteelerFan on 10/1/2020 & rated 93 points: Excellent. Medium dark red and blue fruit, pure Sangiovese nose and taste. Long finish. Improved over time. (1940 views) | | | Tasted by Derek Darth Taster on 6/6/2020 & rated 93 points: Few hours of air. Drank in Grassl 1855.
Appearance is clear, deep intenstiy, ruby colour with thin garnet rim. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of dark toasty oak, coffee grounds, Tuscan earth, sour red cherries, sour plum, blackberries, blackcurrant, leather, graphite. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), grippy high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of blackcurrant, blackberries, sour red cherries, sour plum, earth with emerging mushrooms, dark spicy toasty oak. Long finish.
Very good quality. Bold and hefty SuperTuscan. Still can develop over the next 3 years. But lacks the finesse of Solaia that I remember.
40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 20% Sangiovese. (2136 views) | | | Tasted by Roger Patterson on 1/11/2020 & rated 92 points: High intensity with ripe red and black fruits and beginning to show tertiary notes. Classic right bank Bordeaux presentation. Blind at home with Danny Hall. (2355 views) | | | Tasted by dabovino on 1/2/2020 & rated 94 points: This wine is drinking extremely well right now. No formal notes. Suffice to say-its really yummy (1977 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 8/23/2019: At Hedonism in UK. Much younger tasting even than the Vietti. Oak full throttle, too much for me. There’s red fruits but they don’t create enough balance. (2412 views) | | | Tasted by SeattlePaul on 7/4/2019: Big. Needed an hour or two at least to start opening. (2133 views) | | | Tasted by mjf@ulkner on 5/30/2019 & rated 90 points: Medium bodied. This has mellowed flavors of black currant and plum. Mature qualities. Dry, firm tannins on the finish. The Sangiovese adds a nice level of acidity. I’d drink now. (1982 views) | | | Tasted by Whine-oh on 6/25/2018 & rated 92 points: Decanted tableside at Italian restaurant. Major bricking, a boat load of settlement as well. Still alive with some dark red and black fruits, but strong earthy overtones. Soft tannins. Complemented the Italian meal nicely. Very much an old world Bordeaux style wine. Table favorite tonight. Not sure of the provenance, as I’ve only had this one for a handful of years, but it presented as a well aged Bordeaux. (3018 views) | | | Tasted by bajayngo on 12/5/2017: Surprisingly bdx in style especially blinded next to a 2005 bdx. Dusty celler notes with, pretty fruit, but muscle and power with a touch of tomato leaf and fennel, more fresh earth and gravel. Still powerful but maturing nicely. (3778 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 12/1/2017 & rated 94 points: Tasted over three days. Notably dark in color, particularly for a wine made crafted from 40 percent Merlot and 20 percent Sangiovese. Minimal bricking, with light sediment. Strikingly young, especially compared to the 2004 vintage tasted recently. The wine took several hours to open on the first day, and still retained its reticence. Bordeaux varieties, pithy and plummy Merlot, backed by precise Cabernet Sauvignon elements, dominate the tasting experience, with Sangiovese adding nuance. Indeed, this showed the most Bordeaux-like of the vintages tasted that incorporate Sangiovese into the blend. Tremendous power, yet balanced. The wine, this bottle at least, was still integrating, and imparted the impression that it needs at least three more years. It should enjoy a long drinking window thereafter. 93-94. (3869 views) | | | Tasted by andtheodor on 11/12/2017 flawed bottle: Appalling TCA nose. The palate is ok but really smells of mouldering newspapers in a basement. (3781 views) | | | Tasted by Doc90 on 10/28/2017 flawed bottle: TCA. (3299 views) | | | Tasted by sdezutti on 10/14/2017 & rated 95 points: Brilliant ruby color with a little browning at the edges. Very nice mature bouquet. Tobacco, tea leaves, red licorice and a complex dry woodsy note. Full bodied, balanced and medium finish. This only took a few minutes to open up and was very enjoyable to drink. This bottle, which has been cellar stored was well along in its maturity. I don't think it will be long lived. (2691 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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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!"2005 Tenuta Sette Ponti Oreno Toscana IGT 40 percent Cabernet Sauvignon
40 percent Merlot and
20 percent SangioveseRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.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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