I am not particularly inclined toward Cabernet Sauvignon because I think they’ve had it easy in this life. But as with Sette Ponti’s Bordeaux-blended Oreno, I like that making a Cabernet Sauvignon in a historic wine-growing region of Tuscany forces people to contend with the definition of authenticity— international varietals have, after all, been grown here for centuries so are just as deeply rooted as Sangiovese.
I especially like that the grapes for this wine come from a vineyard worked by draft horses, cleverly closing the cycle on sustainable production at the working farm. And most of all I like how even with all of its sophistication, a sip of Nitrito has that primitive vitality and that candor that I find across the Valdarno, as though it suffers from an inability to be anything but itself.
Excerpt Taken From: Wine Enthusiast
Author: Danielle Callegari
