2024 Impromptu “Imperium Kaos” Bìnjia S’ Anèi, Vino Bianco di Sardegna, Sardinia, Italy.
The beautifully golden hued crisply dry Impromptu Imperium Kaos Bianco, which is winemaker Giuseppi Cossu’s first white wine, shows off a very unique, medium bodied and complex array of flavors with white flowers, mineral tones, spice and a mix of sone and citrus fruits. Giuseppi brought this tank sample, pre-bottling, back with him from Sardinia this Spring and shared it with me, and I was really impressed, this is very rewarding stuff and I can’t wait to get a few bottles when it is in its finished form. Just 600 bottles will be available of this tiny production wine from Cossu’s 90 plus year old vineyard in S’ Anèi, South Sardinia, which is set on sandy soils and all organically cared for. There’s loads of peach, pear, lemony citrus oil, wild herbs, bitter almond, verbena and wet stone notes. This excellent white, made from co-fermented Nuragus, Tittiacca and Monica Bianca, lesser known grapes, will go great with soft cheeses, sea food and poultry dishes, and I highly recommend joining the Impromptu mailing list to see when the new wines land here.
Giuseppi Cossu’s first white wine comes from an old vine site that was planted on the first half of the 1900’s as a field blend of authoctonous (native) grapes, including white varietals, Nuragus 70%, Tittiacca (Cornichon Blanc) 20% and Monica Bianca 10%. Making it a wine made from un-grafted ancient vines, with a traditional Whole-cluster gentle pressed; spontaneous fermentation with all indigenous yeast in stainless steel tank. The capture freshness and purity, the Impromptu “Imperium Kaos” Bìnjia S’ Anèi, Vino Bianco di Sardegna, saw 6 months in stainless steel tank without baronage (stirring the lees) and bottled unfined. Giuseppi, a jazz musician, ex-Sommelier, and winemaker, started his Impromptu Wines after his first vintage in 2019, focused his attention on Cannonau (Grenache), but has now added a couple of other varietals to his lineup, including this white field blend that includes Nuragus, Tittiacca (Cornichon Blanc) and Monica Bianca, plus Bovale (Muristellu), and Monica. I’ve enjoyed each of the releases I’ve tried, especially the Impromptu Cannonau di Sardegna and Iscusòlzu Nepente di Oliena bottlings, which are available here in California with a very limited number of bottles finding homes on some wine lists and at a few wine merchants.
($N/A) 93 Points, grapelive