Masseto : Massetino 2024

Characteristics and Tasting Notes for Massetino 2024

Tasting Notes

Appearance
This wine reveals a brilliant ruby colour, enhanced by delicate violet hues.

Nose
The aromatic bouquet is particularly open, offering lovely notes of red fruit and blackcurrant. The whole is enriched by scents of Mediterranean garrigue along with a subtle balsamic touch.

Palate
On the palate, this wine stands out for its suppleness and remarkable harmony. It reveals lovely vibrancy accompanied by tannins that are both noticeable and perfectly integrated. This is a dynamic wine, showing great precision and remarkable balance.

Food and Wine Pairing
This great red wine will pair wonderfully with grilled or slow-braised red meats. It will also beautifully accompany saucy dishes such as game stew, as well as aged cheeses like a mature pecorino.

Serving and Cellaring
This Massetino 2024 can be fully enjoyed after a few years of cellaring, allowing it to reveal its full complexity.

The Vibrant Expression of a Toscana Wine by Masseto

The Estate
Founded in 1987, the Masseto estate quickly established itself as an essential reference in Tuscany. Located on the Tyrrhenian coast, this roughly seven-hectare property benefits from an exceptional terroir. Now run by the Frescobaldi family, its current owners, the estate continues a philosophy of minimal intervention, allowing nature to express itself fully. With the arrival of Marco Balsimelli as technical director, this celebrated name continues to produce wines of remarkable precision, combining power and elegance at the heart of the appellation.

The Vineyard
Located in the commune of Castagneto Carducci in the province of Livorno, this exceptional terroir enjoys a Mediterranean climate tempered by sea breezes. The vines grow on a distinctive hillside composed of deep blue clays dating back to the Pliocene era. This compact soil places natural stress on the vine, encouraging optimal concentration in the berries while preserving lovely freshness thanks to the maritime influence.

The Vintage
The year benefited from very mild climatic conditions. The early months brought mild temperatures accompanied by regular rainfall, allowing excellent water reserves to build up. The vine showed great vigour as a result, requiring meticulous canopy management. From the end of June onwards, warmer weather set in, ensuring ideal ripening of the bunches. Finally, a slight drop in temperatures from mid-August allowed this IGT Toscana wine to achieve a perfect balance between acidity, concentration and aromatic richness.

Winemaking and Ageing
The grapes for this Massetino 2024 were harvested by hand, plot by plot, between the end of August and mid-September, using small fifteen-kilo crates. After gentle destemming and pressing, the berries are transferred by gravity into concrete vats, without the use of pumps. Each lot is vinified separately at temperatures maintained between 25 and 28°C. Maceration lasts on average between 21 and 25 days, with gentle extractions and daily pump-overs. Following a classic malolactic fermentation, the wine is aged for twelve months in oak barrels, half of which are new. The final blend then rests for around four months in concrete tanks before bottling.

Grape Varieties
90% Merlot
10% Cabernet Franc