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  • Country ranking ?

    272
  • Producer ranking ?

    25
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

Messorio is our personal interpretation of one of the grape varieties most commonly grown in the Bolgheri area: Merlot.
Though grown on the estate since the first year of production, Merlot was made into a single varietal wine after many years, in a limited production of 300 bottles of vintage 1994. 

We have two vineyards planted with Merlot grapes: Puntone, planted in 1993, and Vignone, planted in 1999, both of them featuring excellent pedo...

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Upon release, the '00 Messorio was tightly wound, but now with fifteen years of perfect maturity, this Merlot has mellowed, integrated its various components, and transformed into a gorgeous evocation of Bolgheri terroir. Dense red fruit, warm saddle leather, cigar wrapper, grilled herbs, earth, spice and flowers explode on the nose and echo in the palate, where they're complemented by silky tannins and perfect acidity. Succulent, pure fruit dances with smoke, earth, tar and wildflowers in this elegant, aromatic, and nuanced evocation of Messorio; always a collector favorite, this 2000 bottling is just entering its drinking window.

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Tuscany, Bolgheri
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