MESSORIO 2017 IGT Toscana

MESSORIO

Messorio, first produced in 1994, Messorio was a personal challenge with one of the most planted varieties in Bolgheri, on the Tuscan coast, and in the world: Merlot.

From the start, the idea was to transform the best bunches into an impactful wine with a lot of personality, staying as far away as possible from the more soft, predictable style that is often associated with Merlot and instead making a thoroughbred eager to win the race.

The name “messorio” refers to the wheat harvest, one of the most fundamental parts of the agricultural cycle.

Denomination: Toscana IGT

First Vintage: 1994

Grape varieties: Merlot 100%

Vineyards: Vignone 1999, Puntone 1994

Training System: guyot and double cordon spur

Yield: 800 gr. per plant

Harvest period: last week of August and 1st week of September

Winemaking: fermentation and maceration for 25 days in concrete

Aging: 18 months in new oak barriques