Le Macchiole Messorio 2016 Size:750 ml and farmyard earth with a

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

Bright red cherry and red plum fruit

Sweet sugar up front and lingering light vanilla sweetness on finish Smooth and slightly sweet

raspberry pulp and oranges

Le Macchiole Messorio 2016 Size:750 ml and farmyard earth with aThe 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.