大多數想追波爾多結構嘅 Super Tuscan 🇮🇹，最後通常唔係太重，就係太大路太普通。La Massa Giorgio Primo Toscana IGT 2016就避開咗呢兩個問題💗。而家有限時優惠，即日起至 11 月 4 日，95 折！
呢支酒嚟自Chianti Classico入面好出名嘅Conca d’Oro (黃金谷地)，喺 Panzano in Chianti，係一個比較涼爽、海拔又高啲嘅地方。Giampaolo Motta早年喺Bordeaux讀過釀酒學校，1992年買咗呢個酒莊。十年之後，佢決定唔再跟住Chianti Classico嘅規則，咁先可以更自由咁採用波爾多品種；Giorgio Primo 就係咁樣出嚟嘅純 Merlot–Cabernet Sauvignon–Petit Verdot 混釀🍇。
2016係少數以Merlot為主嘅年份（佔50%）。呢個轉變令果味更濃密、層次更豐富——黑莓、石墨，仲有少少薰衣草同薄荷——但又唔會偏甜或者變得沉重。Monica Larner同 Antonio Galloni都有講過，即使濃度好高，呢支酒仍然保持到能量同張力，仲有嚟自Panzano風土嘅礦物質同微微鹹香，呢樣嘢係好多較溫暖地區、以Cabernet為主嘅Super Tuscan冇嘅。Motta花咗好多年時間去研究呢啲葡萄園，目的就係當葡萄成熟得剛好嘅時候，盡量少啲人為干預。2016就係呢種克制嘅成果：濃郁有結構，但唔會膩。
🇮🇹Most Super Tuscans that chase Bordeaux structure end up tasting either too heavy or too generic. La Massa Giorgio Primo Toscana IGT 2016 largely avoids both traps💗. For a limited time, it’s 5% off until Nov 4!
It comes from the famous Conca d’Oro (Golden Basin) in Panzano in Chianti, a cooler, higher site inside the Chianti Classico zone. Giampaolo Motta, who first studied at the enological institute of Bordeaux, bought the estate in 1992. After a decade he left the Chianti Classico rules so he could work more freely with Bordeaux varieties; Giorgio Primo is the pure Merlot–Cabernet Sauvignon–Petit Verdot blend that came from that decision🍇.
The 2016 is one of the rare vintages in which Merlot leads (50%). That shift brings denser, more layered fruit — blackberry, graphite, a touch of lavender and menthol — without tipping into sweetness or heaviness. What both Monica Larner and Antonio Galloni noted is that the wine keeps real energy and tension even with that concentration, plus a mineral, slightly savoury edge from the Panzano site🤌 that many pure Cabernet-driven Super Tuscans from warmer places lack.
Motta has spent years mapping these vineyards so he can intervene less once the fruit is right. The 2016 feels like the result of that restraint: dark and serious, but not bloated.
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Tasting note
The consistency and depth of this wine is just incredible. Like the Carla 6, the 2016 Giorgio Primo shows an inky dark color, almost totally black, with penetrating fruit and long waves of rich fruit flavor throughout. George the First casts mesmerizing spells of spice, tar and smoke. This is a blend of 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. This is another outstanding effort from Fattoria La Massa and its eccentric but visionary founder, Giampaolo Motta. Some 16,000 bottles, magnums, double magnums and other large formats were created.
Score: 98
Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate, September 2019
The 2016 Giorgio Primo is flat out stunning. It is also a rare Giorgio Primo in which Merlot takes the leading role, the last being 2007. A rush of blackberry jam, graphite, lavender, spice and menthol build as the 2016 shows off its potent, beautifully layered personality. Even with all of its fruit intensity, the 2016 retains terrific energy, tension and drive. All of the elements come together in a statuesque, arrestingly beautiful Giorgio Primo. The 2016 spent 16 months in French oak, 50% new. It is an absolutely unforgettable wine from La Massa and proprietor Giampaolo Motta and his team.
Score: 96
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com, July 2019
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