Tenuta Sette Ponti Vigna Dell'impero 1935 Valdarno di Sopra Toscana IGT Sangiovese Tuscany Italy, 2018, 750

Tenuta Sette Ponti Vigna Dell'impero 1935 Valdarno di Sopra Toscana IGT Sangiovese Tuscany Italy, 2018, 750

WE96
"Warm earth greets the nose at first, then gives way to bing cherries, orange zest, licorice candy and just a momentary hint of vanilla. Cherries that still have snap in their skin and bitter orange jam on the palate, then dark chocolate and spices, before the metallic tang of coffee corrected by Sambuca on the finish. Tannins and acid are like perfect valets—almost invisible but immediately there when called upon." 

93WS
"Vibrant, with cherry, plum, earth, tobacco and wild herb aromas and flavors, this red also reveals a smoky note. Firms up nicely, all the while remaining fresh and complex, with a lingering aftertaste of fruit, earth and herbs. Sangiovese. Drink now through 2033."

95VM
"The 2018 Vigna dell’Impero, Sette Ponti’s best Sangiovese, is gorgeous. It offers up an exciting mélange of crushed red berry fruit, sweet pipe tobacco, mint, anise and rose petal in a style that marries the transparency of Sangiovese with the textural richness these wines have always shown. That’s a pretty appealing combination in my book."