Wine Reviews
On the palate, this wine is medium bodied with plus acidity. The mouthfeel is well-balanced, super smooth and robust. The flavor profile is a complex blend of cedar, cinnamon, and black cherry with notes of black coffee and dried salami. We also picked up some hints of red currant, stony minerality, mocha, and black pepper. The finish is very dry, and its dusty young tannins stick around for a very long time.
This slightly opaque and dark ruby colored red wine opens with a new leather and black raspberry bouquet with hints of wet granite, violets, and black cherry. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied with medium plus acidity. The mouthfeel is balanced, round, dense, and fresh. The flavor profile is cedar and graphite blend with notes of black cherry and blackberry. Hints of caper, milk chocolate, and orange rind. The finish is dry, and its dusty tannins stick around for quite some time. The Tasting Panel would pair this Italian red blend with steak Florentine or with Jiko’s wild boar. Enjoy
This is lush, yet dense and lively, offering black cherry, blackberry and black currant fruit, shaded by mineral, cedar and spice elements. Firms up by the finish, echoing fruit, mineral and spice accents, with fine length. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Best from 2024 through 2038
The 2020 Oreno is a dark, brooding beauty. Black cherry, plum, tobacco, spice, menthol, licorice and dried herbs all race across the palate. Deep, fleshy and super-expressive, the 2020 Oreno has a ton to offer. It should drink well with minimal cellaring but also has enough substance to drink well for many years to come.
From a warm vintage, the Tenuta Sette Ponti 2020 Oreno (a blend of certified organic Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot) is very rich and fleshed out, and definitely softer compared to the 2019 vintage before it. This wine shows lots of savory fruit and velvety concentration with blackberry preserves and baked cherry. Oreno awards you with a very generous expression from Tuscany that can be enjoyed in the near- or medium-term.
