If you're into iconic wines, Masseto 2019 is one you won’t want to miss. This vintage marks a turning point—crafted in its brand-new winery and, for the first time ever, blended with a splash of Cabernet Franc alongside its signature Merlot. It’s rich, powerful, and built to age, with layers of dark fruit, herbs, and spice that keep unfolding with every sip. One for the cellar—or a seriously special occasion.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 99
Published: Apr 20, 2022

Intense aromas of blackberries and black olives, together with hints of rosemary bush and lavender. Perfumed and nuanced. Full-bodied, yet so tight and integrated, with weightless tannins that frame the wine in a precise and curated fashion. Very structured and built for aging. It’s rather shy now, but will reward those who are patient. A kind of stealth in its nature. A more thought-provoking edition of Masseto. Needs time to show its true self. Try after 2027.

Decanter | D 99
Published: Jun 15, 2022
Drink: 2023-2040

Masseto 2019 will be remembered as the first release with a bracing 10% of Cabernet Franc. Nevertheless, its poised wild fennel aroma with restrained bramble fruit, straw, graphite and balmy Mediterranean depth continues to finely represent the terroir of Bolgheri more than simply its grape varieties. The blue clay gives to the wine density - this year with a larger shoulder - grainy, ripe tannins and great fruit concentration sustained by enticing acidity and a sweet tobacco aftertaste. A sleek wine chiselled to perfection. It will keep going strong for decades.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 15.00%
Body: Medium
Grapes: 10% Cabernet Franc 90% Merlot

The Wine Advocate | RP 98
Published: May 12, 2022
Drink: 2025-2050 

This bottle opens a new chapter for one of Italy's most celebrated and collected wines. The first vintage made entirely in its dedicated state-of-the-art winery (and the first vintage with a 10% dabble of Cabernet Franc added to what has historically aways been a pure expression of Merlot), the Masseto 2019 Masseto has two main themes at heart: concentration and elegance. And managing those two seemingly contrasting elements requires a little bit of magic. That's the Masseto magic we look for. The 2019 vintage delivers it in spades with lovely concentrated fruit, blackberry, integrated spice, tobacco, crushed slate, pencil shaving and lots of texture and fiber to push a lasting mouthfeel. The wine's richness translates into density and power to the palate, meanwhile the bouquet reveals fluidity and new sides as the wine opens in the glass. The finish is tapered and focused. 

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 18
Published: Sep 8, 2022
Drink: 2025-2040

90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. 
Deep, sweet and smoky. This has all the density and polished richness that is expected from this wine. Full-bodied and concentrated, the plentiful tannins are deceptively softened by a sweet cloak of oily fruit. A full-throttle yet balanced wine, this is a feat of density and harmony.

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To open a bottle is to unleash a liquid kaleidoscope. A rare combination of sumptuous opulence and polished elegance.
As a tribute to its rugged force, its softness, and the debt it owes to the soil from which it rises, Masseto was named after the rock-hard clusters of blue clay called ‘massi’ that form on the vineyard’s surface.

- 2019 -

The year 2019 was characterised by a highly variable climate, which alternated periods of cold and rain with long bouts of drought and heat. After a rather normal winter, budding took place on the first week of April. Cold and rainy conditions throughout April and May considerably slowed down development of the vegetation, delaying flowering to 10 days later than usual.

In June, the climate suddenly turned hot and dry, with peak temperatures of 37°C reached at the end of the month. All summer long the weather remained hot and sunny, with temperatures 2°C higher than average and 45 consecutive days without rain.

In the last week of July, the long period of drought was interrupted by two days of rain, readjusting the temperature to the seasonal norm, with ideal conditions for grape ripening. After another set of rain showers at the beginning of the month, Merlot harvest began on 5th September with the young vine and went on until the 20th September under perfect conditions.