Roccapesta Gaggioli (Red)

2022

Semi-opaque. Restrained, almost closed on the nose. Some red berries - wild strawberries, wild raspberries, red cherries. Eucalyptus and sandalwood. Quite drying, woody tannins - a bit over-extracted to my personal taste, given the richness on the rest of the palate, but this isn't quite ready. Lots of black chocolate and coffee. For someone looking for the extraction and tannins of Brunello, this is absolutely spot-on, showing that Morellino absolutely is capable of delivering that kind of age-worthy extractionb-mb, without sacrificing that hint of ripeness that is Scansano's hallmark. Lots of red fruit on the finish, pretty spice, slightly rough youthful tannins - keep this at least a few more years.