this offers good potential for drinking over the next decade – but no further

even in the company of all the truly great Massetos

(aged in new oak barriques for 42 months)

and now has roughly 10 acres under vine

Antinori (Guado Tasso), Matarocchio Vintage:2021 this offers good potential for2011 was a bit of a crazy season; September saw milder weather together with sporadic precipitation, which allowed the Cabernet Franc to complete the final ripening phase in a uniform fashion. This is confirmed by an incredible intensity of colour and extraction (30 days with fermentation and maceration) after five days of cold soak, before malolactic fermentation in 100% new French barrique. A restrained, sweet tobacco aroma dominates the nose,