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Ipsus: The making of a contemporary Italian cru


Aerial view of Il Caggio estate
The Il Caggio property, the place Ipsus is made.

With 600 years of winemaking historical past behind them, the Mazzei household (Castello Fonterutoli and Belguardo in Tuscany, and Zisola in Sicily) knew a great alternative once they discovered one. So, in 2006, when introduced with the possibility to buy a neighbour’s property, they couldn’t resist.


Scroll all the way down to see tasting notes and scores for the primary three launched Ipsus vintages


The household – particularly Twenty fifth-generation Giovanni Mazzei, son of managing director Filipo Mazzei and present export supervisor – launched into a voyage to find what the 50-hectare property was able to. As Giovanni associated, ‘they by no means actually made wine on the property, they only offered the grapes, so we had quite a bit to study.’

After a couple of years, they found a location the place the Sangiovese was completely different and, in Giovanni’s phrases, ‘stuffed with character.’ The household determined to separate these vines from the remainder, folding most vineyards into the household’s holdings, and created the Il Caggio Property.

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Tasting Ipsus: 2015, 2016 and 2018

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