SETTE PONTI
Vigna Dell’Impero
2015
About this winery
Sette Ponti reflects the vision of Dr. Antonio Moretti, who took over the estate from his father in the late 1990's, and immediately began producing estate-bottled wines. The vineyards occupy a total of 150 acres, at an altitude of 200 to 300 meters; the oldest vines (mostly sangiovese) date from 1935. The soil is a classic Tuscan mixture of sand, clay, limestone, and schist-based galestro. The estate - 750 acres in total - is farmed in the traditional Tuscan way, so that the vineyards are...
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Production notes
Tuscan Sangiovese wine arises with a long, gentle maceration of about a month aimed at exalting all the noble components of the grapes, picked at the perfect phenolic maturity in order to exult the particular qualities of this Tuscan Sangiovese wine. It is not filtered, in order to preserve all the different typical notes and characteristics of Sangiovese wine and, most of all, of the terrain it comes from.
Tasting notes
This unique Tuscan Sangiovese wine is bright ruby red with maroon tones, a decisive bouquet of tabacco and leather combined with wild flowers and fresh fruit, tannins are present but soft and delicate.