Fattoria La Massa Toscana 2019

#17 - Vine Republic's Top 25 of 2015 -
"La Massa" is a 27 hectare vineyard which enjoys a southern exposure in the "Conca d'Oro" (Golden Basin) of Panzano which is 360 meters above sea level. The soil is a mixture of scaly clay and galestro (loose marl and limestone). The training system uses spurred cordon and provides a yield, per plant, about 0.9 Kg at a density of 6,250 plants per hectare. The soils fall into three distinct geological formations: an undifferentiated complex of clayey schist and calcareous marl, a formation of scaly yellow and grey marl (galestro) and a third segment of large blocks or layers enclosed in a clayey matrix.