Capezzana, Carmignano (Tuscany, Italy) 2019

 You would not be out of line if you called a wine from Carmignano the first Super Tuscan.  It was one of the first Italian appellations along with Chianti created by Grand Duke Cosimo III de’ Medici.  A couple of centuries earlier, Catherine dei Medici, who married the French Duke de Orleans, introduced Cabernet Sauvignon to Tuscany.  Today the Conti Bonacossi Family, farms 80 hectares (197.7 acres) of certified organic vineyards.  This 2019 vintage is primarily Sangiovese, with a bit of Cabernet Sauvignon and even smaller amounts of Canaiolo and Cabernet Franc aged in used Allier or Slavonian oak barrels.  It displays a deep ruby color and offers spicy black cherry, plum, blackberry fruit with notes of vanilla and graphite supported with chiseled acidity and grainy tannins. Additional time in the bottle will allow the elements to become more integrated.