Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Masseto, 2020 - Magnum
Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Masseto, 2020 - Magnum
- Red Still
- Merlot
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The Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Masseto 2020 is one of the most prestigious and sought-after wines in the world, produced from the renowned Tuscan estate of Tenuta dell’Ornellaia. Masseto is a single-varietal Merlot that comes from a specific vineyard on the Ornellaia estate, often considered Italy’s answer to the world’s greatest Merlots, such as Château Pétrus from Bordeaux.
The 2020 vintage in Tuscany was marked by a relatively mild winter followed by a warm spring and summer, with some heat spikes balanced by cooler nights. These conditions allowed for perfect ripening of the Merlot grapes, resulting in a wine with ripe fruit character and refined tannins. Despite the challenges of heat, the vintage is described as balanced, showcasing both power and finesse.
Drinking window: 2025 - 2050
What the critics say:
"Intense and full on the nose, fragrant with ripe black fruit, floral aspects and soft spicing. Round and full on the palate, it's rich and muscular yet tight and neatly coiled with a liquorice, graphite, pepper, cinnamon and clove tang that gives this immediate but enjoyable spice. Feels well worked, juicy with high acidity that lifts the palate and gives freshness and brightness alongside really quite mouthwatering strawberry and raspberry fruit with such captivating dried floral and bitter orange rind aspects. Tannins are super fine and so well integrated yet this maintains a grip and hold from the very beginning through to a long and sustained finish. Nuanced and complex, still packing a punch in terms of power, but this feels sophisticated, suave, purposeful and controlled. Not elegant, this is more of a caged animal with it's full potential yet to be unveiled, but it is classy. A truly delicious wine with so much purity and sense of place. Malolactic fermentation in 100% new barroques, with each batch kept separate for the first 12 months of ageing before being blended and returned to barriques for another year, totalling 24 months. The wine was then aged for a further 12 months in bottle before being released. Winemaker Eleonora Marconi."
"The 2020 Masseto, 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. It slowly emerges from the glass with notes of plum preserves, blueberry compote, and chocolate-covered cherries, leading to a gorgeous perfume of star anise, lilacs, mocha, and tar. The palate is full-bodied and super-concentrated, with layer upon layer of black fruit preserves and savory accents, framed by wonderfully ripe, rounded tannins and beautifully knit acidity, finishing very long and opulent. This is classic Masseto!"
"Intense aromas of ripe herbs, plums, green coffee beans, and hazelnuts. Turns to crushed berries and orange peel. Full-bodied with superb concentration and fine, velvety tannins that run the length of the wine. It's big but agile and gorgeous. Merlot. What a wine! Best after 2030."
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