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Wine Description
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 pedoclimatic characteristics, including a good percentage of clay and sand, which allow for wines of great complexity and finesse.
Each vineyard gives different wine styles: Merlot grapes from the Puntone vineyard give wines with fresh aromas and elegant tannins, backed by acidity which lends the wine a more vertical style; the wines produced from the Vignone vineyard are, instead, more complex, with intense fruity notes and a more structured tannic texture, supported by excellent minerality.
The name Messorio has ancient origins. It refers to the ancient Tuscan practice of wheat harvesting. We chose it because harvesting has always been the most important time of the year in the countryside: once it meant wheat, now, to us, it is all about grapes.
Wine Information
Opulent and textured, the ’10 Messorio is an outstanding wine of great intensity, complexity and depth; this Messorio bottling will reward serious Merlot fans for years to come. Dark red and blue fruits burst from the glass, underscored by notes of tarry earth, warm saddle leather, baking spices, melted chocolate, and layers of crushed flower petals. The wine unspools on the palate with copious dry extract, fine-grained tannins, and a sweet inner perfume; all of these elements work in concert to build to a lingering crescendo--the ’10 Messorio is a stunning achievement from Le Macchiole. Fermented for about twenty days, then aged for fourteen months in oak (75% new), Messorio is a classic example of Italian Merlot, and it clearly articulates its Bolgheri terroir and its maker's care. Le Macchiole crafted only 850 cases of its Messorio in 2010. Just entering its drinking window, this Messorio will drink for decades.
