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Thu, Jan 23, 2025 03:00PM EST - Fri, Jan 24, 2025 03:00PM EST
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- 2002
- 750ml
- Italy
- Tuscany
- Merlot
- Red
Lot 78
2002 Masseto Toscana - 1 bottle(s)-750ml
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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2002 Masseto Toscana - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $850 - $1200 with a Buy it Now of $1025. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11535.
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These bottles are from the cellar of a long time licensee (restaurant) in Eastern Canada. They were acquired on release from the agent and immediately stored in the restaurant's environmentally controlled cellar until coming to Iron Gate.
The score for 2002 Masseto Toscana is 95+ points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - The 2002 is another eye-opening wine. The year is mostly remembered for its cool, wet summer and a number of dilute, uninteresting wines. Not here. The 2002 Masseto will go down as one of the handful of truly great wines made that year. I imagine in ten or twenty years it will be fascinating to taste alongside Miani’s Merlot, Soldera’s Brunello Riserva and Conterno’s Monfortino. There is no question the wine is in that league. Today the 2002 remains a baby, with tons of depth in its dark fruit. Hints of rose petal and spice develop in the glass, adding further complexity. There is plenty of structure underneath, suggesting the 2002 will be a very long-lived wine. Today, it is a knock-out.