MM MONTEPULGO

MM Montepulgo is the most selective red wine in the Masari portfolio — an intense and elegant Merlot produced only from a very careful selection carried out in large vintages with rich and balanced ripening. The double M in the name signals both the maker and the variety; Montepulgo is the specific vineyard site within the Agno Valley estate where the most suitable Merlot plants grow in conditions of particular mineral richness on the volcanic and limestone soils.

The selectivity of this wine is its most defining characteristic: not every vintage qualifies for MM Montepulgo production. Only in the years when the specific Montepulgo vineyard's Merlot achieves the combination of rich and balanced ripening that the estate considers necessary does the wine carry this label — a decision that reflects the estate's commitment to quality over volume and their willingness to declassify fruit into the broader Masari blend in years that do not meet the standard.

The wine presents with an intense, deep garnet red colour of great intensity at nose and on palate — a visual depth that signals the concentration that careful site selection and vintage selectivity produce. On the nose, a balance of spices and small fruits — the characteristic aromatic profile of Merlot grown on mineral volcanic-limestone soils — with rich silky tannins that are the grape's most celebrated textural quality when grown in conditions of optimal ripeness.

MM Montepulgo is the wine for the most considered moments of the Masari estate's table — for the occasion that deserves not merely a good wine but the estate's most carefully selected and most specifically characterful production. Available through UniqueWines.