Giampaolo Motta makes some of the best wines in Italy. La Massa is the entry level wine for his beautiful estate in Tuscany, with 27 hectares planted in the "Conca d'Oro," or golden basin of Chianti Classico. The Conca d'Oro is blessed with a perfect microclimate, with a high altitude of 400 meters and majority of south facing vineyards which have been farmed since the 15th Century. Spending a lot of time in Bordeaux, Motta brought his friend, famed vigneron Stephane Derenoncourt, to advise on vineyard management in 2008. Outside of the Grand Cru's, Derenoncourt works alongside Domaine de Chevalier, Clos Fourtet, and Chateaux Pavie-Macquin, as well as Rubicon in Napa Valley. No surprise that La Massa blends native Sangiovese with Bordeaux style Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, aged 10 months in 20% new French oak. Crushed flowers, red berries, and spice accents are all nicely delineated. There's terrific energy driving the 2019, and we've been huge fans for two decades!
"A blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot. It starts with smoke, spice and bitter cherry on the nose. Oak notes dominate at first but it opens up to fragrant, floral notes like rose and iris. On the palate it is round and smooth but not too heavy. This is a very stylish wine that manages to balance elegance with plenty of depth of flavor, tied together with juicy acidity and fine tannins. I love the purity, brightness of this wine and the deft touch of the winemaker. There is a brilliance to the fruit and a high quality to the tannins which mark it out as something special" Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, 96 Points (Former Editor of The Wine Advocate)
"The estate's entry-level 2019 La Massa sees mostly stainless steel, although 20% of the total finishes in barrique. Because the Sangiovese grape does not produce very dense wines, La Massa gets its dark appearance from the other grapes. It follows that those carefully selected blending elements also contribute to the wine's juicy concentration and black fruit flavors. However, the pretty minerality you sense here and the balanced freshness certainly come from the Sangiovese. This vintage yields tight and linear results. This is a little masterpiece at an affordable price." The Wine Advocate, 94 Points
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