Giorgio Primo 2019

Description

Giorgio Primo is a wine with a twenty-year history, the finest expression of the territory from a proudly Tuscan, ever-growing and expanding winery, Fattoria La Massa. Refined and with an enveloping aroma, this still red wine is characterized by a multi-varietal blend: 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. Careful selection over the years has allowed us to obtain a unique and inimitable product of excellence. Cabernet seems to adapt to any type of soil, thus posing no particular difficulties in its cultivation, as does Merlot. Only Petit Verdot has particular ripening requirements, preferring a warm, sunny climate, well-ventilated, and with minimal rainfall. The clayey and calcareous soils, rich in schist, in which these vineyards are grown lend a distinctive minerality to Giorgio Primo. The manual selection and evaluation of each grape is a strong point of the renowned winery, which finds its highest expression in this particularly balanced IGT Toscano red, fermented without yeast and with limited amounts of sulfites. During the aging process, periodic checks and constant analyses are performed to monitor the evolution of this wine and ensure consumers receive a product of the highest quality.

Details

Perfume

Wrapping bouquet, already complex, with hints of blueberry, black currant, hints of violets, spices, black pepper and cardamom in a particular and an background slightly smoky.

Color

Intense ruby ​​color, bright and of excellent concentration.

Taste

Taste dominated by a tight balance, almost aristocratic, including exceptionally fine tannins and an alcohol-glycerol structure that buffers any sullenness youth. The finish is thin and long.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

La Massa

From this winery

• Start up year: 1992
• Oenologist: Carlo Ferrini
• Bottles produced: 100.000
• Hectares: 27

La Massa is a gem located in the heart of Chianti Classico, whose philosophy revolves around studying the terroir as a tool to improve the efficiency of production, from the vineyard to the winery. 27 hectares of vineyard facing south in the beautiful Conca d’Oro of Panzano in Chianti (Fi). Documents unveil the fascinating history of the wine and the oil that has been produced since the XV century; at the end of the 1700s, when it was called Podere di Massa, it became the property of the curia of Fiesole, and subsequently of the “Spedale di Bonifazio della città di Firenze”. Giampaolo Motta took over in 1992 and started a lengthy restoration project of the vineyards and wineries, in order to chase his very own dream of making it into an unreachable Paradise. Read more

Tuscany

Technical Sheet

Name	La Massa Giorgio Primo 2019
Type	Red still
Denomination	Toscana IGT
Vintage	2019
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.5% by volume
Grape varieties	70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Vendor	La Massa
Origin	The vineyards are south facing in the "Conca d'Oro" in Panzano with an average altitude of 360 m. above sea level.
Soil composition	Mostly made of scaly clay and marl.
Cultivation system	Cordon.
Plants per hectare	6.250
Yield per hectare	Approximately 5625 kg/ha
Wine making	The fermentation lasted about 15/20 days and the next racking was done in new French oak barriques of 225 liter.
Aging	18 months, is characterized by an initial period of 10 months in which the wine is in contact with the lees and maintained by frequent battonage and macro oxygenation.
Allergens	Contains sulphites