Masseto, Toscana, 2013 CS20230611 where Allemand's no-sulfur-until-bottling

where Allemand's no-sulfur-until-bottling

The estate has been family-run since 1955

raspberry and strawberry

fine-grained tannin

Masseto, Toscana, 2013 CS20230611 where Allemand's no-sulfur-until-bottlingItaly'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