Toscana Rosso Vigna dell'Impero Sette Ponti 2021 (750ML)

Duke Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta planted Vigna dell’Impero in 1935, and those same vines still anchor Tenuta Sette Ponti’s flagship. The vineyard is a steep run of terraces, roughly 7 acres at 278 meters in the upper Arno Valley near Arezzo, on stony soils of marl, clay and galestro. The wine is 100% Sangiovese. 2021 brought a hot, dry summer with little rain, which held yields down and pushed concentration while the acidity stayed firm. After a gentle month-long maceration on the skins, it aged 24 months in large oak botti and another 12 in bottle before release. Dense and dark, it layers deep fruit with cedar, fresh leather, incense and wild herbs over muscular tannins. This is a wine that asks for time, and critics put its window at 2026 to 2033. Open it alongside braised lamb shoulder, Tuscan peposo or a hard mountain cheese.