The first time on the Place de Bordeaux for La Massa's top cuvée Giorgio Primo, founded by Giampaolo Motta in 1992 in Chianti’s Conca d'Oro (golden basin) in Panzano 360m above sea level. The estate comprises 25 hectares...
The first time on the Place de Bordeaux for La Massa's top cuvée Giorgio Primo, founded by Giampaolo Motta in 1992 in Chianti’s Conca d'Oro (golden basin) in Panzano 360m above sea level. The estate comprises 25 hectares of southwest-facing vines planted on schist clay, galestro marl and limestone. This cuvée, Giorgio Primo, is named after Motta's grandfather and son, and is a Bordeaux blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. Intense, expressive and rich on the nose - dried herbs, sunkissed plums, balsamic-edged blackcurrants and fragrant black cherries with touches of cinnamon, tobacco clove and black olive. Bright, punchy and forward - alive and flowing, this has energy and excitement from the start with controlled power and balanced acidity that underpins chalky and velvety tannins. Calm, collected, graceful and very seductive. This really grows, expanding and lengthening vertically giving layers of flavour and texture but no overt heaviness. You can feel the flash of heat and the Tuscan herbs in the soft and warm spices throughout - as well as the menthol and liquorice finish with iron filings and wet stone aspects - but this also has a soft, understated side that suggests there's more to come with ageing. A beauty of a wine. Extremely drinkable and enjoyable, I love it. 2% press wine. Ageing in French oak barriques (50% new), six months of which is on lees with frequent batonnage. Bottled in September 2021. 3.77pH. 4.78g/l total acidity.