2019 Masseto dell Ornellaia A superb young version

A superb young version

long and intense

and damp earth all developing with air

salted licorice – it goes on and on like a spice box menagerie

2019 Masseto dell Ornellaia A superb young versionDunnuck 97 points: Reminding me of a great Pomerol in a way, the 2019 Masseto is as always 100% Merlot and is a pure, seamless, just incredibly sexy expression of this terroir, showing the warmer style of the vintage. Giving up loads of redcurrants, sweet tobacco, savory herbs, dusty earth, and chalky mineral notes, as well as some subtle chocolaty oak, it has a wonderful purity and precision in its aromatics and already shows considerable complexity.