This was an exceptional bottle to pair with our small Thanksgiving dinner of bone-in prime rib roast, sweet potatoes (credit: Paula Deen), and sautéed asparagus.
Denomination: Toscana IGT
First Vintage: 1994
Grape varieties: 100% Merlot
Vineyards: Vignone 1999, Ulivino 2016
Training System: simple guyot
Yield: 800 gr per plant
Harvest period: 1st and 3rd week of September
Winemaking: fermentation and maceration for 25 days in concrete
Aging: 18 months in new oak barrel
Bottling: August 10, 2021
Notes: Nose was red and black fruit, vanilla, oak, also showing warmer notes you might expect from a Super Tuscan, with tobacco leaves and sweet balsamic vinegar. On the palate, medium tannins and balanced acidity, with spice, mocha, cherry, tobacco, vanilla. While I think the nose could have shown a bit more definition, this was all around delectable, and perfect on the palate. This bottle was mainly primary, but I’d be interested to follow this over the next 20 years. Unfortunately, the price tag here is a bit painful. 94-95 with room to develop.
I’d love to hear other people’s favorites in terms of Tuscan Merlot!
by Bobcatbubbles
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That looks great! Messorio is definitely a bottle you can age for 20 years.