2016 Valdarno di Sopra Vigna dell Impero
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100% Sangiovese from the Vigna dell'Impero vineyard planted in 1935. Total skin maceration for more than a month. Aged for 24 months in large oak casks, followed by 12 months in bottle. Numbered bottles, this is number 4,552 of 9,767. Lustrous ruby. Classy but firm sour-cherry nose with a balsamic spice note, Morrocan leather and lead-pencil hints and just a suggestion of oak. Tangy, succulent red fruit with a layer of polished, fine tannins. Very long and a little vibrant on the finish. (WS)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
James Suckling
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A pure expression of Sangiovese, the Tenuta Sette Ponti 2016 Valdarno di Sopra Vigna dell'Impero opens to brambly notes of forest floor and wild cherry, followed by crushed flowers and scorched earth. There is a warm-climate element to this wine that is specific to Tuscany, and that is presented with extra ripeness and spice. The wine finishes with some bitter almond and grilled rosemary. I tasted bottle 3,490 of the 9,767 bottles produced in this vintage.
Complex aromas of fresh flowers and cherries follow through to a full body, firm and very silky tannins and a long, long finish. Driven and fine. Drink from 2022.