www.GrandVinWineMerchants.com | (360) 350-4896

2020 Masseto

100 Points Decanter

"Very long and opulent. This is classic Masseto!" - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Independent

100 DE / 99 JS / 99 WI / 99 WE / 99 JD / 98 VM

98 JA / 97 WS / 96+ WA / 18 JR

$898.89/bottle - Buy Now

(In Stock - Limited)

One of Axel Heinz' final full vintages of this modern legend before returning to Bordeaux to take the reigns of Chateau Lascombes

Masseto was seemingly a bit of an accident by some accounts. The wine had originally been intended to be a second wine produced from a vineyard plot situated next to the famed Ornellaia vineyard. Thirty-six vintages later, Masseto is one of the world's most highly-regarded bottlings of Merlot (with sometimes a dollop of Cabernet Franc) and occupies a space in top cellars across the globe. I personally remember opening a wood 6-pack of Masseto in the 90s and seeing a clearly imprinted lipstick mark on one of the wrappers of a bottle. Obviously, it has many more fans than one might assume. - Ron van Vlaardingen, Sales Director

2020 Masseto

100 DE / 99 JS / 99 WI / 99 WE / 99 JD

98 VM 98 JA 97 WS / 96+ WA / 18 JR

$898.89/bottle (In Stock) Buy Now

Intense and full on the nose, fragrant with ripe black fruit, floral aspects and soft spicing. Round and full on the palate, it's rich and muscular yet tight and neatly coiled with a liquorice, graphite, pepper, cinnamon and clove tang that gives this immediate but enjoyable spice. Feels well worked, juicy with high acidity that lifts the palate and gives freshness and brightness alongside really quite mouthwatering strawberry and raspberry fruit with such captivating dried floral and bitter orange rind aspects. Tannins are super fine and so well integrated yet this maintains a grip and hold from the very beginning through to a long and sustained finish. Nuanced and complex, still packing a punch in terms of power, but this feels sophisticated, suave, purposeful and controlled. Not elegant, this is more of a caged animal with it's full potential yet to be unveiled, but it is classy. A truly delicious wine with so much purity and sense of place. Malolactic fermentation in 100% new barroques, with each batch kept separate for the first 12 months of ageing before being blended and returned to barriques for another year, totalling 24 months. The wine was then aged for a further 12 months in bottle before being released. Winemaker Gaia Cinnirella. - Georgina Hindle, Decanter

Also Available:

2020 Massetino