Masseto 1997

Masseto 1997

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  • Vinous rating 96
  • Robert Parker rating 91
Masseto 1997
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HED1574

75 cl

14.5%
£1,160.00
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Dark ruby garnet in colour with violet reflections, Masseto 1997 emerges from the glass with dark berry fruits, balsamic notes, hints of chocolate, ripe cherries and tobacco. The palate is powerful but nuanced. Very well integrated tannins, aromatic depth and great length. Delicate notes of dried plums in the finish.
96 Vinous
The 1997 Masseto is another very beautiful and expressive wine in this flight. Hints of cedar, sweet spice, tobacco and smoke are all suggestive of a wine that is hitting its plateau of maturity. The 1997 has enough depth to drink well for another decade or more. Today, it is especially silky and expressive, not to mention supremely delicious. Nineteen ninety-seven was a warm, early-ripening year marked by a frost in April and lower-than-normal yields. Antonio Galloni1st January 2020

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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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