Visit to Tenuta Sette Ponti
20 Mar 2025- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
(June 2024) ... A side trip to Tenuta Sette Ponti, after A Montefalco, proved to be an eye-opening experience. I’d always known about Crognolo and Oreno, but Sette Ponti has branched out to other areas around Italy, to bring us some very exciting wines. Let’s take a look …
Poggio al Lupo 2021 Cabernet
(Cabernet Sauvignon from Maremma)
Pretty and plush, earthy and black fruited with notes of mocha, black cherry, cassis, and soft tannins. A wine that’s balanced and well-integrated. (**** ½)
Tenuta Sette Ponti 2019 Vigna dell' Impero
(Sangiovese from Toscana)
Oldest vines (pl. 1935) and a unique clone ... soft and smooth, fruit is upfront, and red in nature with hints of oak; but the fruit shines through as fresh and light and skips across the tongue. (**** ½)
Tenuta Sette Ponti 2022 Oreno
(Merlot 45 / Cabernet Sauvignon 40 / Petit Verdot 15 / Cabernet Franc 10 from Toscana)
There's a freshness to this wine. It’s been nicely integrated with its oak, dark fruit and spice with subtle vanilla nuances on the finish. (**** ½)
Orma Winery 2021 Orma
(Merlot 50 / Cabernet Sauvignon 30 / Cabernet Franc 20 from Bolgheri)
This is the first passage of grapes and the best selection. Lots of fruit rides a wave of oak, but that oak remains in the background and does not get in the way. The highlight here is the elegance on the finish. (****+)
Orma Winery 2021 Aola di Orma
(Cabernet Franc from Bolgheri)
Fruit forward (red) with cigar box and mocha – there’s even some strawberry with subtle grit. Pretty. (****+)
Orma Winery 2022 Passi di Orma
(Merlot 40 / Cabernet Sauvignon 35 / Cabernet Franc 25 from Bolgheri)
Properties lies between Sassicaia and Ornellaia, those are some pretty righteous neighbours and valuable piece of land: ripe cherry, smooth, silky, easy drinking, with some blue fruit and nice acidity; it has a simplicity, but with a real elegance. (****+)
Tenuta Sette Ponti 2021 Sette 
(Merlot from Toscana)
This is a new project and proving to be a real winner from the get-go: blueberry and cherry, smooth and easy to drink; there’s a little tannin punch on the mid-palate, but the finish is lush. (****+)
Orma Winery 2023 Bianco di Orma
(Vermentino from Bolgheri)
Nice citrusy-grapefruit on the nose; white flowers, citrus pith, fresh, and crisp. (*** ½+)
Tenuta Sette Ponti 2018 Vigna dell' Impero
(Sangiovese from Toscana)
A little mocha and cherry, with some dusty tannins that prove to be non-aggressive, but certainly present. (*** ½+)
Poggio al Lupo 2023 Vermentino
(Vermentino from Maremma)
Fleshier style, grapefruit skin, mineral, and salty on the tongue through to the finish. (*** ½)
Tenuta Sette Ponti 2021 Crognolo
(Sangiovese 90 / Merlot 10 from Toscana)
Aged in both tonneau (large) and barrique (small) barrels ... dusty, fruity with some oak nuances on the finish. (*** ½)
(June 2024) ... Yes ... I know this is a tannin rich wine. Yes ... I know it grips and it is a wine you grapple with when young. But the fruit must still be present - and that's what I am looking for. Something that’s not awash in wood, and will be nothing but Chateau-Two-by-Four in 10 years. Something to look forward to opening: now and in the future.
Goretti 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC
Tenute Baldo 2020 Preda del Falco - Montefalco Sagrantino DOC
