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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 153 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by KVM on 2/12/2024: Extracted 2 glasses with Coravin.
Very dark red. Cherry, cherry syrup, smoke, charred wood nose. Medium body, fresh fruit, not so concentrated but very long with cherry and bitter almond. This is firm and very age worthy. (683 views) | | | Tasted by shafer1994 on 8/8/2023 & rated 94 points: Same as last time: young and big. A concentrated, full bodied wine. Needs air, I recommend to decant the bottle for minimum an hour. Has lots of years ahead. (1052 views) | | | Tasted by bonedoc on 7/11/2023 & rated 94 points: Better than 2010. I had last night! More flavor and power. (1028 views) | | | Tasted by gtonn on 4/17/2023 & rated 90 points: Very good. Has aged well (1246 views) | | | Tasted by bonedoc on 1/17/2023: solid, a bit restrained at first, but with air the fruit become more apparent. definitely decant next time. (1472 views) | | | Tasted by jkopas on 11/24/2022 & rated 94 points: Cherry, anis, licorice and forest floor. Drinking incredibley well now but has a few more years still. (1317 views) | | | Tasted by shafer1994 on 6/17/2022 & rated 94 points: A big, young wine. Deep dark color. Superintense fruity nose. Supersilky texture. Very long red berries finish. Red raspberries, red currant. Deep and perfectly structured, balanced wine. Wonderful sweetness. Very promising future. (1527 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 5/13/2022 & rated 94 points: Tasted blind. I guessed Bordeaux blend. Was surprose to see that this is 100% Merlot as it is quite fresh and structured on the palate, more like a cooler climate CabSav. Lots of oak spice, sandal wood, red berry (and only some black). There are also kitchen herbs intermixed with this, pointing towards Italy, but I did not catch this. A well made Tuscany Merlot and shows that not all Merlot have to the simple, commercial bruisers. (2281 views) | | | Tasted by Mildon on 4/2/2022 & rated 95 points: Lukt: modne røde bær, sødme, fat, krydder, mintblad,
Smak: modne bær, litt varm, rosin, tobakk, svart te, (451 views) | | | Tasted by merlot78 on 1/27/2022 & rated 88 points: It has lost a lot of what it had a year ago. It is fading. (1684 views) | | | Tasted by MS86 on 10/28/2021 & rated 93 points: From a hot vintage producing jammy wines with less ageability this was a big surprise. Medium plus intensity ruby with some bricking at rim.
Nose is somewhat closed. Cedar and milk chocolate is consistent across vintages, as is the core of black fruit. Cracked leather. Black plum, black cherry, blackberry. Ripe.
Tannins are chewy and powerful. This wine needs salty red meat. Well balanced by the powerful acidity and well integrated alcohol.
Flavours are quite primary, dominated by ripe black cherry and black plum. Slightly spicy, slightly wood.
Excellent length.
- Would lay this down 5+ years. (1913 views) | | | Tasted by GFischmann on 9/20/2021 & rated 93 points: Very nice wine. Had good acidity, red fruit and tannins. (1898 views) | | | Tasted by bobvictor on 8/22/2021 & rated 91 points: Fine super Tuscan. Sangiovese dominant brings out some dark blackberry fruit with hints of licorice. Can hold up to pasta with red sauce. Not subtle (1709 views) | | | Tasted by vespasian on 8/17/2021 flawed bottle: Oxidised - a shame (1765 views) | | | Tasted by blackcrowb on 7/26/2021 & rated 90 points: A very nice nose of red licorice, raspberry, sea foam and a bit of caramel. A little less complexity on the palate with the fruit tasting a bit pruney and overripe. I prefered this when it was younger because the freshness of the acid offset the ripeness of the fruit better. It hid the alcohol a lot better as well. (1529 views) | | | Tasted by cavavin on 12/25/2020 & rated 96 points: Very good (1904 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 12/9/2020 & rated 92 points: Similar to previous notes. This is big and powerful, almost reminds me of Amarone. Stacked and packed, not a lot of subtlety here, this will likely age for much longer and may show better in 5+ years. (2102 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 5/16/2020 & rated 92 points: Kind of what I expected - good concentration, a bit savory, has an almost-Sonoma feel of savory, deep red fruit, but some treacle, marzipan and Christmas cake. (2745 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 3/21/2020 & rated 94 points: Bottle #1 of 3. Wow, this is good.
Rustic black and blue fruits, perfectly ripened, with smoke, wet rocks, camphor, menthol, and anise.
The palate shows fairly burly and gritty tannins on this full-bodied wine.with a minty and lifted quality on the long and black-fruited finish.
Just a knockout wine, delicious now, but will likely further soften over the next 4 years, and drink well through 2030+. (2862 views) | | | Tasted by Mr T on 12/20/2019: Pretty right and lots of funk
Thought possibly corked but mostly if not entirely blew off
Needed much more air and time (3012 views) | | | Tasted by jcasey555 on 9/30/2019 & rated 92 points: Drinking very well with spicy Italian food and even before. This wine really benifited from its age!! (3025 views) | | | Tasted by AAJR on 9/1/2019 & rated 92 points: Decanted and enjoyed over five hours, last glass with pasta & Sunday sauce. Floral & dark fruit aromas. Abundant dark berry flavors with a medium/long dusty tannin finish. Two bottles left in cellar will wait 2-3 years to revisit. (2867 views) | | | Tasted by bonedoc on 6/29/2019 & rated 93 points: Modern style Bordeaux blend w a hint of sweetness. Nicely done. (2689 views) | | | Tasted by om42 on 3/16/2019 & rated 93 points: Drinking nicely. Dark garnet with a slight orange edge. Nose is black cherry, pipe tobacco and forest floor. Tannins are fine but very present. Balance is near perfect. Black fruits dominate the complex flavours. Last of the cellar’s 09’s but no regrets. (2621 views) | | | Tasted by kantmakem on 1/26/2019 & rated 93 points: Still young but drinking well. (2667 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Decanter, Tenuta Sette Ponti (8/17/2021)
(Tenuta Sette Ponti, Oreno, Merlot, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Szabo, MS
WineAlign (6/11/2013)
(Sette Ponti Oreno, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By David Lawrason
WineAlign (9/26/2012)
(Sette Ponti Oreno, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Focus on Tuscany: The 2009s and 2008s (Aug 2011)
(Tenuta Sette Ponti Oreno) 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!"Red 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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