Tenuta dell´Ornellaia - Massetino 2018

Bewertungen

• 95/100

  The Wine Advocate
  Here's our new little super star from the Tuscan Coast. The 2018 Massetino is Merlot with a dash of Cabernet Franc that makes all the difference in terms of the wine's aromatic precision and its overall staying power. Dark fruit and dried blackberry are followed by exotic spice and campfire ash. The aromas are fluid and relaxed, flowing seamlessly in unison and grace. If you love Masseto, you can't miss the Massetino. This wine offers a whole new take on the world-famous Merlot, and if we are to be honest, it paints a path to where future vintages of Masseto are going as an expression of a vineyard and territory rather than just a strict read of one grape."

• 94/100

  James Suckling
  Very ripe and intense with dried berry, cherry and walnut, as well as some tar and smoke. You can see the wood, too. Full-bodied with layers of dark-fruit, vanilla and coffee oak character. Rather flamboyant. Give it time to come together and calm down. Try after 2023, when it will be more together."

• 92/100

  Wine Spectator
  Delivering blackberry, black cherry, iron, vanilla and toasty oak flavors, this red is rich and dense, with a vibrant structure driving the long finish. There is fine balance, and though this is oaky, it's stylish and intense. Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2021 through 2033. 100 cases imported."

• 92/100

  Decanter
  The newly-added second wine of Masseto. Last year's 2017 vintage was just distributed in Italy, so this is the first one on the Place. Enticing as you would expect from this property, with a lot to love. Traces of earthiness, with a rip of balsamic spice and a caress of ripe berry fruits that build through to the finish. Fresh and mouthwatering, with the confident brush strokes that tell you this is a great quality bottle from a vintage that had more rain than the drought summer of 2017. From the younger vines of the Masseto estate, 50% new oak."

• 16,5+/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Deep ruby. Quite earthy, with immediate ripe red-berry fruit on the nose. Very plummy with just a hint of creaminess. Rich fruit on the palate, but soft in tannin. Perfect for a 'second wine', with that fleshy cherry fruit and a hint of chocolate. A little warm on the back end. A spherical, approachable but long wine."

• 90/100

  Jane Anson
  Shows the polish that is signature to Massetino, with a focus on plum, red cherry and raspberry fruits. Rain in early season followed by a hot dry summer, and this will be ready to drink a few years sooner than the 2019, as it is lighter in structure overall, with tannins that are a little tight. The Cabernet Franc that was planted almost a decade ago is exclusively in the 2nd wine for now,, givign a floral lift through the finish. 50% new oak. Natural yeast fermentation."