Masseto, Toscana, 2013 CS20230611 structure built for the long

structure built for the long haul

The estate has been family-run since 1955

This 2nd Grand Cru Classé wine displays crisp bouquet with graphite-tinged black fruit

raspberry and strawberry

a Third Growth in the 1855 classification that flies under the radar and rewards those who find it

Masseto, Toscana, 2013 CS20230611 structure built for the longItaly's answer to Petrus, grown on a rare seam of Pliocene blue clay that surfaces on this single hillside in Bolgheri. Masseto is 100% Merlot from a roughly seven hectare vineyard first planted in 1984, identified by legendary consultant Andre Tchelistcheff as the perfect spot for the grape. It got its own name and bottling because the wine simply didn't fit the Ornellaia mold, taking its title from the massi, the rock hard clods of blue clay that