Masseto 1995

Masseto 1995

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  • Vinous rating 94
  • Robert Parker rating 91
  • Jane Anson rating 91
  • Jancis Robinson rating 17
Masseto 1995
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HED1572

75 cl

13.5%
£1,150.00
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One of the most sought-after Super Tuscan wines, Masseto is made entirely from Merlot and produced by the renowned Tenuta dell`Ornellaia. The wine is appreciated for its aromatic complexity, opulent fruity character and tannic structure. The 1995 vintage displays delicate aromas of red berries, rose hips, some tobacco notes and candied orange zest. Good complexity, with notes of plums and ripe tannins. Elegant texture, with a fine acid backbone. The wine has great length and some minerality in the finish.
94 Vinous
The 1995 Masseto is a gorgeous wine. Sexy and nuanced, the 1995 is a pure and total pleasure. It doesn’t have the richness of some years or the freshness of others, and yet its balance is just impeccable. Floral aromatics and mid-weight structure add to its gracious personality. This is a fine showing from the 1995. The only thing better is the 1995 from magnum.Antonio Galloni1st January 2020
91 Jane Anson
A lovely expression of fully mature, 26 year old Merlot, where black truffles abound. The first vintage of Masseto was in 1987, so at this point the vines were just over 10 years old. The tannins are gentle, with density through the mid palate but set against softened stewed blackberry and raspberry fruit, touches of balsamic and soy. Campfire smoke on the finish, this is ready to drink, and is very much in its tertiary phase. The winemaking at the time was more inspired by Bordeaux than it is today (meaning higher temperature and more charged extraction, among other details), so this really is a fascinating wine in the vertical to understand how the personality has changed. 100% new oak.Jane Anson7th December 2021
17 Jancis Robinson
Lamberto Frescobaldi prefers 1995 over 1996 which, according to Marco, was a more difficult rainy vintage and quite cool, ‘very different from 1996’. The vines were planted in the 1980s so they were young vines then.Mid garnet. Meaty and cordite notes on nose. A little drier and more tannic than the 1996. Still sturdy and admirably youthful even if not a charmer. Solid! (JR)

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A stand-out name on the Tuscan wine scene, the wines of Masseto are produced from vines first planted in the 1980s. The estate is situated on Italy’s Tuscan Coast, on a magical hillside overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea near the small village of Bolgheri. 'Masseto' was named after the rock-hard clusters of blue clay known as ‘massi’ that form on the vineyard’s surface. Originally the brainchild of Lodovico Antinori, the Masseto estate has been owned by the prestigious Tuscan Frescobaldi family since 2005.

In the words of Estate Director, Axel Heinz, 'At Masseto, we try to do as little as possible to the wines. Our goal is simply to capture the essence of nature and take it to the highest level. This is about an amazing, very challenging, vineyard and wine made with great simplicity. We have tanks. We have barrels. We have gravity flow. And we have people who care about the wine. That’s it. That’s our philosophy.'

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