Tenuta Sette Cieli, Yantra 2021

Fermentation is in stainless-steel tanks at controlled temperatures; with indigenous yeast; 100% malolactic. 100% of the blend stayed in French oak barrels for 6 months (60-gallon; 4–6 years old). 6 months in bottle

Sette Cieli arrived on the Tuscan scene a few years after the boundary lines of the Bolgheri appellation had been drawn. At the time the boundary was set, no one thought someone would plant above the woods on the next hillside over from Sassicaia, but actually above Gaja's Bolgheri property, Ca' Marcanda. But they did. Originally intended as a place to breed horses and a family retreat. Wine-loving friends came to visit and pointed out Sassicaia’s original vineyard, under the castle, that you see when you look over your right shoulder, and then a bit to the left of that, the Masseto vineyard. So they started to plant vines in 2000, and since 2012, the young Ambrogio Cremona Ratti who inherited the domain has been at the helm.