The estate has various plots of the grape with different conditions and ripening dates and that explains the long harvest window.
The Merlot harvest lasted about three weeks, starting at the end of August and lasting until September 25. Luxurious with red and black fruits, it offers notes of pure red apple, blackberry, graphite, and lavender, and it is long and persistent while retaining a transparent nature with a refreshing feel. Buy Masseto, 2013, Tuscany in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE at best price from Al Hamra Cellar Liquor shop with the widest choices of beer, wine & spirits online.
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“The Merlot in 2018 was a big surprise, and we thought that a little meat was missing on the bones of the Cabernet Sauvignon,” he says. The palate is full and refined, with well-managed and fine tannin structure. Large-format bottles were prominent among the best-selling lots in the auction. This sets a new record for any bottle of Masseto sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s. That grape makes up 50% of the wine, with 42% Cabernet Sauvignon and tiny percentages of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. It sold for 56,250 (49,674, 61,800), including buyer’s premium, far above the pre-sale high estimate of 18,000 to 26,000. The 2018 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia sees a historically high percentage of Merlot in the blend. The number two wine in the Masseto program, the 2019 Masseto, will be available in the fall. We also have the 2018 Ornellaia Bianco (released now), the 2019 Bolgheri Rosso Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia (to be released in September) and the other wines from the Ornellaia program coming soon. The 2018 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia is being released now and the 2018 Masseto will hit the market later this year in October. Two of Italy’s most important wines are coming online. The 2018 vintage offers a unique perspective on the wines of Bolgheri, and nowhere is this more evident than the property that houses two powerhouse brands, Masseto and Ornellaia, just off the scenic via Bolgherese at the heart of this dynamic appellation located on the shores of northern Tuscany. The wine shows generous extraction and concentration however, it remains light and lifted throughout. Dark fruit and ripe blackberry bleed slowly into spice, leather, chocolate and sweet tobacco. The new gravity-flow building has angular concrete fermentors and an old-fashioned basket press. 2018 Bottle (750ml) 2018 Masseto, Tuscany, Italy, Case 1 x 75cl. The expert team at Masseto navigated those challenges with deft precision in this first vintage executed in the new winery that is now fully dedicated and engineered to fulfill the expectations of this iconic Merlot from coastal Tuscany. The season saw rains just before harvest, and vintners were forced into dramatic last-minute decisions and risks. The 2018 Masseto is the vintage surprise few of us could have expected.
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