Podere Orma | Sette Ponti

If all the forces in a winery are concentrated in a single fine drop, it should already meet the highest quality requirements. The Podere Orma with its wine of the same name fully lives up to this claim. After the fashion entrepreneur Antonio Moretti had already proved with his Tenuta Sette Ponti near Arezzo in the Chianti area that he could run a wine company with a lot of skill and great determination, he created a highly respected branch office with the establishment in Castagneto Carducci in Bolgheri. Despite the still too small bottle production in view of the strong demand, the estate has long since secured a leading position among the 50 wineries in the cultivation zone. In addition to the head office and the branch in Bolgheri, the busy Moretti in Tuscany, who has not been active in the wine business for very long, owns Poggio al Lupo (Maremma), another wine house and Feudo Maccari, a company in Sicily.

Orma means footprint and is supposed to embody the clearly defined requirements of independence and quality with which Moretti, supported by an international team of experts, also competed in the Bolgheri. This wine, made from Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, is without a doubt already one of the modern classics in the late honoured growing zone. As an immediate neighbour of the Tenuta dell' Ornellaia, the passionate winemaker, has access to an almost identical terroir and thus also has a starting position bordering on perfection, which can be tasted in the glass. The Supertoscan Orma is pure power and elegance. It is therefore not surprising that the great plant gets almost every year highest ratings by Robert Parker, Gambero Rosso& Co. may be safe.

The Podere Orma vineyard is situated not far from the sea on deep gravel and clay soils with little sand, an excellent subsoil in areas with a warm climate. The vines face southwest. The nearby Thyrrenian Sea compensates for high temperature differences and provides a pleasant summer or mild winter climate. The vines are on average ten years old. The plots are densely planted with around 7,000 vines per hectare.

We are convinced that the Podere Orma will be a great success in the future and hope that more bottles of this great wine will soon be on the market. SUPERIORE.DE

"Delicate and pleasurable, the Orma has quickly developed into an exemplary expression in its field. Not a Bolgheri in the sense of denomination, but a real Bolgheri wine in terms of territorial character and style."Gambero Rosso