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Harvest started on 14 September, with the youngest vines of ‘Masseto Junior’ and ‘Masseto Isola’ and was concluded on 4 October with the left section of ‘Masseto Centrale’; that concluding date was the latest ever in the history of Masseto, yielding a total of five different vinification lots. The clusters were hand-picked into 15-kg boxes and then graded and selected by hand on a double sorting table, before and after destemming, and finally ...
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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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Bolgheri, December 2013 – Masseto 2010 has now been released to the international markets. This fine cru is produced exclusively from merlot grown in a vineyard of just seven hectares, planted on the hill that gives Masseto its name. Rated by Liv-Ex as Italy’s number one wine, Masseto has also been the first Italian wine to receive a listing, in 2008, in Place de Bordeaux, En Livrable.
“Cool weather conditions in 2010 resulted in the wine’s...
