Italy

Toscana

La Massa's estate blend began life as the second wine of Giorgio Primo, and was labelled as a Chianti Classico for the first 10 years before becoming Toscana IGT, allowing for greater flexibility to suit Giampaolo Motta's Francophile leanings. Despite his love of French wines – he opened a bottle of 2000 La Conseillante from Pomerol and a selection of grower Champagnes over dinner, rather than his own wines – Giampaolo is also proud of his Sangiovese. For La Massa, which is composed of 50% of this native Italian grape, he says it ‘has to bring the message of Sangiovese with all the pleasure of Cabernet and Merlot.’ The 2020 also includes small amounts of Petit Verdot and Alicante Bouschet. Tasted the day of bottling, literally spending a couple of hours in the bottle before being poured back out, this is just an initial impression of a wine that will no doubt improve given more time. Blue and black fruits are cradled by fine, chocolatey tannins with a hint of bitterness – possibly from bottle shock. Juicy and dense, it has violet overtones and good acidity which carry through to a long finish of blackberry fruit and moreish salinity. Good concentration while retaining a sense of elegance.

Cabernet Sauvignon

Merlot

Sangiovese

Tenuta La Massa, La Massa, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, 2020

La Massa's estate blend began life as the second wine of Giorgio Primo, and was labelled as a Chianti Classico for the first 10 

Tenuta La Massa, La Massa, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, 2020

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