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The Myth of the Inaugural Clay: How an Uncompromised Micro-Harvest Birthed a Super Tuscan Icon
Masseto 1986 is a mythical, historically monumental, and profoundly complex 100% Merlot that holds an immortal position in the history of Italian viticulture as the estate's very first official commercial debut vintage. The official 1986 vintage report describes a classical, highly favorable growing season on the Tuscan coast, characterized by a h...
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The Story
Masseto was born ‘almost by chance’ in 1986 when it was decided to vinify the Merlot from the Masseto vineyard alone as it ‘promised well’. This small, exceptional and legendary cru has soon become a collector’s item sold in auctions all over the world. The first vintage was called very simply ‘Merlot’ but, from 1987, it has taken on the name of its vineyard ‘Masseto’.
The Masseto vineyard is a unique place. Blessed with the generosity of a...
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Masseto before the existence of Masseto.
The first official release of Masseto was in 1987, but an experimental bottling of a Merlot was carried out in 1986; the wine was made from the first fruits of the new merlot vineyard planted in the clay soil of the Masseto hill. This wine was the first “prototype” of Masseto, and a few bottles still remain at the winery. Tasting the wine today, one immediately understands the reasons that the Estate p...
Vintage 1986
1986 Masseto: The unreleased "prototype" that started it all, harvested from young, five-year-old vines planted on the blue-clay hill under the guidance of legendary consultant André Tchelistcheff. Labeled initially as "Merlot dell'Ornellaia", it proved so full of velvety fruit, Mediterranean warmth, and surprising structural potential that Lodovico Antinori agreed to bottle it separately—creating a historic collector relic ($1,200–$1,800+ whe...
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This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.