Massetino 2023
Toscana IGT
Tuscany, Italy
Regular price£550.00
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Arriving: Late 2025
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: % | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: Yes | Drink from: 2023 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2035 |
| Grapes: 91% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc | |
Critic scores
90 AG, 95 JS, 93 JA, 96 DC, 92 WS, 95 DB
Critic reviews
"The 2023 Massetino is an attractive and expressive wine. Medium in body, the 2023 offers up an attractive mix of dark plum, mocha, new leather, cedar and espresso. Time in the glass brings out pretty floral and spice top notes. The oak and extraction feel just a bit pushed for the wine's mid-weight structure. The 2023 was done in a period of transition with technical teams and winemakers, and that is evident in this particular vintage."
Antonio Galloni, July 2025, Vinous.com
"A dark, super-intense, rich and complex wine. On the nose it shows restrained bramble fruit, vanilla, cloves, eucalyptus and leather. Lots of graphite on the palate, with firm, velvety tannins, chocolate flavors, refreshing acidity and a chalky, oaky finish. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, May 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"This curls out of the glass with woodsmoke and campfire, totally delicious, so juicy and fragrant. Fruit forward with red cherry, plump raspberries, creamy cappuccino and liquorice, great quality and easy to love. Marco Balsimelli Production Director, Gaia Cinnirella Winemaker, 50% new oak."
Jane Anson, February 2025, JaneAnson.com
"‘The idea of Massetino is to create a more approachable wine,’ states winemaker, Gaia Cinnirella. And combined with the plump juiciness and aromatic appeal of 2023, this is incredibly enticing. Ripe dark berry scents mingle with damp earth, Mediterranean scrub and chocolatey nuances. It has a steely energy, coiled and bright, its vertical structure padded out by generous juicy, creamy red and black berries, and supported by fine-grained tannins. It's a bold expression this year, with a slightly drying woody finish that should resolve with time in the bottles, but it's countered by freshness and a really lovely line of acidity which runs through the body. Delicious!"
James Button, June 2025, Decanter.com
"(Toscana IGT; 91% Merlot; 9% Cabernet Franc; 15% alcohol). The Cabernet Franc is less evident aromatically than in the 2022, though there’s only a fraction less. Elegant, harmonious, rather poised and classy. Slightly introvert at first. Creamy. With aeration this becomes more floral, with Iily and lilac notes the most evident . Wondrously fine-grained and incredibly deep, dark and rich at its sumptuous core. Very classical with a gracious evolution over the palate. Tapering towards the finish, but that is disrupted by the squeeze and grip of the tannins that form a delightful fantail."
Colin Hay, August 2025, DrinksBusiness.com
Antonio Galloni, July 2025, Vinous.com
"A dark, super-intense, rich and complex wine. On the nose it shows restrained bramble fruit, vanilla, cloves, eucalyptus and leather. Lots of graphite on the palate, with firm, velvety tannins, chocolate flavors, refreshing acidity and a chalky, oaky finish. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, May 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"This curls out of the glass with woodsmoke and campfire, totally delicious, so juicy and fragrant. Fruit forward with red cherry, plump raspberries, creamy cappuccino and liquorice, great quality and easy to love. Marco Balsimelli Production Director, Gaia Cinnirella Winemaker, 50% new oak."
Jane Anson, February 2025, JaneAnson.com
"‘The idea of Massetino is to create a more approachable wine,’ states winemaker, Gaia Cinnirella. And combined with the plump juiciness and aromatic appeal of 2023, this is incredibly enticing. Ripe dark berry scents mingle with damp earth, Mediterranean scrub and chocolatey nuances. It has a steely energy, coiled and bright, its vertical structure padded out by generous juicy, creamy red and black berries, and supported by fine-grained tannins. It's a bold expression this year, with a slightly drying woody finish that should resolve with time in the bottles, but it's countered by freshness and a really lovely line of acidity which runs through the body. Delicious!"
James Button, June 2025, Decanter.com
"(Toscana IGT; 91% Merlot; 9% Cabernet Franc; 15% alcohol). The Cabernet Franc is less evident aromatically than in the 2022, though there’s only a fraction less. Elegant, harmonious, rather poised and classy. Slightly introvert at first. Creamy. With aeration this becomes more floral, with Iily and lilac notes the most evident . Wondrously fine-grained and incredibly deep, dark and rich at its sumptuous core. Very classical with a gracious evolution over the palate. Tapering towards the finish, but that is disrupted by the squeeze and grip of the tannins that form a delightful fantail."
Colin Hay, August 2025, DrinksBusiness.com