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MASSETO--VINTAGE 2006
TUSCANY. ANTINORI
OFFERED IN ORIGINAL WOODEN CASE
TASTING NOTE: CAN STILL REMEMBER NEARLY FALLING OUT OF MY CHAIR THE FIRST TIME I TASTED THE 2006 MASSETO (100 MERLOT) FROM BARREL. THE WINE IS NOW IN BOTTLE, AND IT IS EVERY BIT AS MONUMENTAL AS I HAD HOPED. THE WINE POSSESSES STAGGERING RICHNESS IN A STYLE THAT PERFECTLY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THIS GREAT TUSCAN VINTAGE. BLACK CHERRIES, FLOWERS, LICORICE AND SWEET TOASTED OAK ARE JUST SOME OF THE NUANCES THAT EMERGE FROM THE 2006 MASSETO. A WINE OF BREATHTAKING DEPTH, IT ALSO REVEALS SUPERB CLARITY, FRESHNESS AND VIBRANCY IN A SUMPTUOUS, BEAUTIFULLY-BALANCED STYLE. SIMPLY PUT, THE 2006 MASSETO IS A MASTERPIECE FROM TENUTA DELL ORNELLAIA. ACCORDING TO AGRONOMIST/GENERAL MANAGER LEONARDO RASPINI THE DRYNESS OF THE VINTAGE SLOWED DOWN THE MATURATION OF THE SUGARS, LEAVING THE WINE WITH AN UNUSUALLY HIGH LEVEL OF ACIDITY, AND THEREFORE FRESHNESS, CONSIDERING ITS OVERALL RIPENESS. ANTICIPATED MATURITY: 2016-2031. 99 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 184 (AUG 2009)
3 BOTTLES PER LOT
TUSCANY. ANTINORI
OFFERED IN ORIGINAL WOODEN CASE
TASTING NOTE: CAN STILL REMEMBER NEARLY FALLING OUT OF MY CHAIR THE FIRST TIME I TASTED THE 2006 MASSETO (100 MERLOT) FROM BARREL. THE WINE IS NOW IN BOTTLE, AND IT IS EVERY BIT AS MONUMENTAL AS I HAD HOPED. THE WINE POSSESSES STAGGERING RICHNESS IN A STYLE THAT PERFECTLY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THIS GREAT TUSCAN VINTAGE. BLACK CHERRIES, FLOWERS, LICORICE AND SWEET TOASTED OAK ARE JUST SOME OF THE NUANCES THAT EMERGE FROM THE 2006 MASSETO. A WINE OF BREATHTAKING DEPTH, IT ALSO REVEALS SUPERB CLARITY, FRESHNESS AND VIBRANCY IN A SUMPTUOUS, BEAUTIFULLY-BALANCED STYLE. SIMPLY PUT, THE 2006 MASSETO IS A MASTERPIECE FROM TENUTA DELL ORNELLAIA. ACCORDING TO AGRONOMIST/GENERAL MANAGER LEONARDO RASPINI THE DRYNESS OF THE VINTAGE SLOWED DOWN THE MATURATION OF THE SUGARS, LEAVING THE WINE WITH AN UNUSUALLY HIGH LEVEL OF ACIDITY, AND THEREFORE FRESHNESS, CONSIDERING ITS OVERALL RIPENESS. ANTICIPATED MATURITY: 2016-2031. 99 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 184 (AUG 2009)
3 BOTTLES PER LOT