Le Macchiole Messorio 2016 Size:750 ml Bright red cherry and red

Bright red cherry and red plum fruit

apple and pear with notes of creamy butter followed by soft hints of vanilla and toasted oak

with a brilliant kernel of spicy fruit and pure minerally soil tones

sweet/sour flavour that is delicious on its own

Le Macchiole Messorio 2016 Size:750 ml Bright red cherry and redThe Messorio (100% Merlot) was slightly shy and slow to open when I tasted it as a barrel sample some eight months previous to this tasting. I can't say that the wine has opened much since then. It continues to show a tight and slightly austere bouquet with dark fruit, spice and leather. You don't get that quintessentially soft side of the grape. Instead, this Merlot feels a bit thorny and prickly in places due to the much cooler growing conditions.