Masseto 2017

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Masseto 2017

650,00 €
entspricht 866,67 € pro 1 L

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Masseto 2017


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Matthias Hilse k.B.

Eigenschaften:

Flaschengröße: 0.75 Liter
Jahrgang: 2017
Land: Italien
Region: Toskana
Alkohol: 14,5%
Weinart: Stillwein
Weinfarbe: rot
Rebsorten: Merlot

Weinbeschreibung

Masseto 2017


Genussindex 20/20 Punkten
Dieser Wein enthält Sulfite .

Weitere Verkostungsnotizen:

The Wine Advocate

"The Masseto 2017 Masseto puts on another exhilarating, knock-out performance for the third year in a row. The Masseto vineyard is a triangular-shaped plot tucked in at the back of the same property that houses the Ornellaia vineyards and winery. This special site is located at the base of the mountains that rise gently from the Tyrrhenian Sea, with the picturesque silhouette of the Castiglioncello castle at the top. The vines are planted at an altitude of 80 to 100 meters above sea level in blue clay soils that are unique to Bolgheri. That ideal position opens the vineyards to soft breezes, proximity to the sea, long daylight hours and cool diurnal shifts from the protective wall of low mountains at the back. It's a little garden of Merlot Eden. The center of the vineyard now is home to the new Masseto winery and an adjacent tasting room built into a pre-existing farmhouse. This wine was made in the old winery (the existing Ornellaia winery). Fermentation kicks off in a combination of steel and oak tanks before the wine is racked over to barrique, where it rests for two years. The wine then goes into bottle for 12 months before its release. Like most vintages of Masseto tasted this early in the game, the oak is omnipresent, and it grounds the wine in terms of texture and structure. It is powerful, but that's always the case with Masseto (this vintage records a 15.5% alcohol content). I tasted this wine next to the decidedly more playful Massetino, and the Masseto moves over the palate with substantial fruit weight and concentration gained over the course of this hot and dry growing season (which produced smaller, richer and more compact berries). Perhaps, what this vintage lacks is that profound varietal character that we saw in recent vintages like 2016 and 2015. If concerned that the hot vintage would draw out too many ripe fruit tones, the oak serves to soften some of the more volatile components of the fruit. Those distinctive notes of macchia mediterranea (wild bush) that I always associate with Masseto are less present in this vintage. You feel the oak tannins on the finish with toast and vanilla that will certainly shed as the wine ages. In fact, I went back to taste the wine 12 hours later, and they had already softened considerably. This 2017 vintage will be released in October 2020.

There is big news from Masseto. It's the introduction of a second wine called Massetino that debuts with the 2017 vintage. That wine was released late last year, and Masseto will hit the market in October of this year. Because of the very hot and dry conditions of the 2017 vintage, the Masseto team adopted a "less is more" winemaking approach with brief maceration times to ease extraction and to avoid overly concentrated fruit flavors. Merlot came off of the vines before average picking times, resulting in the earliest harvest in Masseto's history. However, Bolgheri always enjoys soft sea breezes, and the Masseto clay soils can capture moisture. For these reasons, the heat of the vintage was well-managed by this expert winery team."

Monica Larner 97 Punkte

Quelle: www.robertparker.com

VINOUS

"The 2017 Masseto is a spectacular wine in the making. Rich and sumptuous in the glass, the 2017 possesses off the charts intensity and plenty of structure as well. Red cherry jam, mocha, leather, licorice and a dash of new oak are all fused together in an opulent, seamless Masseto endowed with magnificent balance. The 2017 is quite simply a remarkable wine for such a challenging year. I can't wait to taste it from bottle."

Antonio Galloni 96-99 Punkte

Quelle: www.vinous.com

Erzeuger

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Ornellaia e Masseto società agricola s.r.l.

Località Ornellaia, 191

IT - 57022 Castagneto Carducci (LI)

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