Masseto--Vintage 1997
6 bottles per lot
Masseto Masseto is one of the greatest Merlot wines in the world and one of the very few to give top Pomerols serious competition. Masseto was initially a project undertaken by Leonardo Raspini, the General Manager of Tenuta dell'Ornellaia along with consulting oenologist Michel Rolland when they noticed beginning in 1986 that the Merlot from one particular site was of a singular, outstanding quality. The fruit comes from a vineyard of 7 hectares of gently sloping vineyards with a clay based soil. The wine has been vinified separately since 1986, with the first vintage to bear the name Masseto being the 1987. Masseto--Vintage 1997 Tuscany, Tenuta dell'Ornellaia The estates 1997 Masseto has developed beautifully over the last few years. It offers a heady combination of super-ripe fruit intermingled with notes of spices, herbs and tobacco. Full-bodied and vibrant, it comes across as packed with fruit, displaying superb length and a long finish framed by the lingering note of sweetness that defines this warm vintage. Despite its open, luxurious personality, there is plenty of structure underneath to support at least another decade of aging. 94/Anticipated maturity: 2007-2017. Antonio Galloni, In the Cellar #GX, Apr 2007 6 bottles per lot
Masseto--Vintage 1997
6 bottles per lot
Masseto Masseto is one of the greatest Merlot wines in the world and one of the very few to give top Pomerols serious competition. Masseto was initially a project undertaken by Leonardo Raspini, the General Manager of Tenuta dell'Ornellaia along with consulting oenologist Michel Rolland when they noticed beginning in 1986 that the Merlot from one particular site was of a singular, outstanding quality. The fruit comes from a vineyard of 7 hectares of gently sloping vineyards with a clay based soil. The wine has been vinified separately since 1986, with the first vintage to bear the name Masseto being the 1987. Masseto--Vintage 1997 Tuscany, Tenuta dell'Ornellaia The estates 1997 Masseto has developed beautifully over the last few years. It offers a heady combination of super-ripe fruit intermingled with notes of spices, herbs and tobacco. Full-bodied and vibrant, it comes across as packed with fruit, displaying superb length and a long finish framed by the lingering note of sweetness that defines this warm vintage. Despite its open, luxurious personality, there is plenty of structure underneath to support at least another decade of aging. 94/Anticipated maturity: 2007-2017. Antonio Galloni, In the Cellar #GX, Apr 2007 6 bottles per lot
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