Caggio, Ipsus other_regions_italy

Caggio, Ipsus other_regions_italyThe final bottle was the 2015 Ipsus from Caggio. This maiden release comes from 6. 5 hectares of Sangiovese owned by the Mazzei family, matured 50% new tonneaux and 50% in stainless steel, plus eight months in cement vat. This was the first time I had tasted Ipsus, and I was impressed. Sure, it is primal on the nose and needs another year or two to subsume the oak, but it offers gorgeous scents of ebullient red fruit tinged with crushed violets and a

This is a sophisticated and classy Pessac-Léognan

and black tea

mingling notes of citrus zest and orange oil with red apple

meaty tones do you notice the strongly floral aromas at the back

It's drinkable now

fresh flavors of dark plum

This may not make especially old bones in the cellar

this appears to have excellent underlying material and thus my score offers the benefit of the doubt

the phenolics are ripe and this should round out in time

good quality overall

It certainly has a far darker and warmer feel in 2011 than

but as always