Sette Ponti Crognolo 750m/6

Description

Wine Spectator 93 points – A beam of pure blackberry runs through this otherwise dense and focused red. Shows elegance, with balance and complexity, but needs time to integrate and reveal all its facets. Offers fine, minerally length. Sangiovese and Merlo | GRAPE VARIETIES: 90% Sangiovese10% Merlot ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13% YIELD: 50 hl/ha (225 cases/acre) TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.6 grams/liter pH: 3.5 | A green harvest in May reduces clusters to one or two per stock. At harvest the clusters are handpicked, sorted, destemmed, and the skins broken rather than crushed. Fermentation with selected yeasts takes place in a combination of temperature controlled | This refined, stylish blend of Sangiovese and Merlot combines fruit lushness and concentration with a palate of ripe wild cherries, black fruit, leather and vanilla repeated in the aromas. Firm, elegant tannins and integrated oak end in a balanced finish.