IGT White

Frescobaldi Massovivo Vermentino, Toscana IGT

Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi
Grape
Vermentino
Denomination
Toscana IGT
Region
Tuscany
ABV
12.5%
Drink
2025: 2025 to 2028

Frescobaldi's Massovivo is a pure Vermentino from Tenuta Ammiraglia on Tuscany's Maremma coast. Lemon and grapefruit, white peach and a stony, sea-spray saltiness, kept fresh by steel ageing on the spent yeast. A versatile sub-£20 coastal white.

Best price
£13.70

2025 · 75cl · checked 6 Nov · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Where to buy Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi Masso Vivo

£13.70 best price · 2 retailers with 75cl · 2025 in stock · checked 6 Nov 2026

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Vino.com Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 6 Nov · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129
Read from the retailer's page on the date shown, so treat it as a guide and confirm at the retailer.
£13.70 £18.27/L
Great Wines Direct Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 6 Nov · Delivery £7.95, min 6 bottles
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£17.00 £22.67/L

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Tasting Notes

Massovivo on the nose and palate: citrus, sea spray and stone

Sea spray and Mediterranean herbs over citrus and white-fleshed fruit, the signature of the Ammiraglia vineyards in Frescobaldi's own notes. Underneath, pear, lemon and a stony edge hold the wine together.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
12 June 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Vermentino
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Massovivo opens pale and floral, with lemon and grapefruit zest over white peach and pear. Behind the citrus sits sea spray and a salty, garrigue lift of Mediterranean herbs, thyme and sage, the mark of the Maremma fruit that Frescobaldi itself picks out. A faint acacia-blossom and almond note rounds off the top.

GrapefruitGrapefruit
LemonLemon
AcaciaAcacia
PearPear
White peachWhite peach
Wet stonesWet stones
AlmondAlmond
Palate

Light-bodied and dry, it runs on bright lemon-grapefruit acidity with no oak to blur it, true to the winemaking in stainless steel on the fine spent yeast. The fruit is clean white peach and pear, edged with a stony streak that takes its name from the 'massi vivi', the living rocks around Tenuta Ammiraglia. Pear, citrus and that wet-stone character are the notes that stay with you.

Finish

Short to medium and savoury, the finish runs on lemon pith and bitter almond with a salty, sea-air freshness. With no oak and only stainless-steel and fine spent yeast behind it, nothing blurs that coastal Maremma salt.

Overall

This is Frescobaldi's everyday coastal white: a sub-£20 Toscana IGT Vermentino from Tenuta Ammiraglia built to drink young. A well-liked everyday white, and the 2024 shows a notch better than the usual run. Pour it cold in its first year or two for seafood and summer antipasti, not the cellar.

Drink now Best by 2027
Live UK pricing

Buying Frescobaldi Massovivo Vermentino in the UK

Two UK merchants currently list the wine: the 2024 in stock and the 2025 close behind, both 750ml at roughly £17 to £21. Every bottle is Toscana IGT Vermentino from the Ammiraglia estate near Magliano in Grosseto.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £13.70 at Vino.com
Price spread · 75cl · 2025 £13.70 - £17.00 Across 2 UK retailers with 75cl · 2025 in stock
Retailers · 75cl · 2025 2UK 2 in stock
Vintages live 2025 Newest vintage on sale here: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £18.27 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 6 Nov 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Massovivo scores as an Italian wine

Strong on food versatility and everyday drinking, modest on cellar potential: a coastal Tuscan white for the table now rather than the cellar later.

Best everyday bottle 8.4/10

Light, dry, sub-£20 and food-friendly: a textbook everyday aperitivo and seafood white.

Best with food 8.2/10

Aromatic, high-acid coastal white that spans seafood, pesto and light antipasti; versatile but not a red-meat wine.

Best intro to this style 8.0/10

Clean, classic Vermentino fruit, light body and a friendly price make this an easy, low-risk introduction to Tuscan coastal whites.

Best value 6.8/10

At roughly £16.57 to £21 it sits just above the Toscana IGT Vermentino median; the Frescobaldi name and a reliably well-liked wine earn the premium.

Best for an occasion 3.8/10

An entry-level Toscana IGT white; recognisable Frescobaldi label, but not a prestige bottle for a special occasion.

Best for cellar 2.2/10

Steel-aged, unoaked and tannin-free under a broad IGT with no mandated ageing; built for freshness, not the cellar.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Toscana in five fields

A compact view of what the Toscana denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
Variety list not yet recorded
This bottle: Vermentino.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
IGT · Toscana
Classification
IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica)
Vintages

2024 and 2025 Massovivo side by side

The 2024 and 2025 sit together here, both stainless-steel Vermentino from the Maremma coast and both made to drink young. Frescobaldi flags a hot 2025 summer, tempered by September rain, giving a ripe but balanced white at 12.5%.

2025 Newest vintage on sale here
Best price
£13.70
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
12.5%
Window
Drink now through 2028

Frescobaldi notes a hot 2025 summer, especially June and July, tempered by September rain, giving a ripe but balanced Vermentino at 12.5%. Floral, citrus and Mediterranean-herb notes; drink young.

2024 No current offer here
Best price
not listed
Retailers
0 in stock
ABV
12.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

A balanced coastal vintage from the Maremma, harvested at the end of September and vinified in stainless steel. Made to drink young, at its best in its first two to three years for citrus and saline freshness.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Why Massovivo carries the Frescobaldi name

Tenuta Ammiraglia is Frescobaldi's coastal estate in the Maremma, a modern ship-shaped winery near Magliano in Grosseto built for the sea-facing whites of Toscana IGT. Massovivo is its everyday Vermentino, named for the 'massi vivi' rocks of the area.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Toscana is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting at IGT level
03

Region and area context

Toscana falls within Tuscany, covering Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena.

The zone the estate stands in The producer

Producer: Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, Firenze. Directions

04

Reading the label

  • Marchesi de’ FrescobaldiProducer / estate
  • VermentinoGrape varieties
  • Toscana IGTGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage of the 75 cl bottle on sale here
  • 12.5% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
05

What sits behind the price of Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi Masso Vivo

Tracked from
£13.70
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
3 up / 2 down
Main factor
Estate-grown Vermentino from Tenuta Ammiraglia on the Maremma coast
  1. 01

    Estate-grown Vermentino from Tenuta Ammiraglia on the Maremma coast

    Cost up

    Single-estate coastal fruit from Frescobaldi's purpose-built Ammiraglia winery near Magliano (Grosseto) costs more than anonymous bulk Toscana IGT white.

  2. 02

    Stainless-steel vinification on fine lees, no oak

    Cost down

    Steel-only ageing on the lees with no barrel programme keeps cellar and cooperage cost low, helping hold the UK price near £17.

  3. 03

    Frescobaldi brand and UK distribution

    Cost up

    A centuries-old Tuscan house with national UK reach prices above unknown Maremma Vermentino; the premium buys availability and consistency.

  4. 04

    Toscana IGT, not a restrictive DOCG

    Cost down

    The broad Toscana IGT rules carry no mandated ageing or release tasting, so production cost stays below a Vermentino under a tighter appellation.

  5. 05

    UK alcohol duty and VAT

    Cost up

    At 12.5% ABV the HMRC still-wine duty is £2.67 a bottle, and 20% VAT on a roughly £17 bottle adds about £2.83 before any merchant margin.

01

Estate-grown Vermentino from Tenuta Ammiraglia on the Maremma coast

Cost up

Single-estate coastal fruit from Frescobaldi's purpose-built Ammiraglia winery near Magliano (Grosseto) costs more than anonymous bulk Toscana IGT white.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Food Pairing

Vermentino acidity and sea-salt minerality: what fits Massovivo

A light, dry, salty white wants the sea and the herb garden: oysters and mussels, Ligurian pesto, grilled white fish. Its lemon-grapefruit acidity and total absence of oak keep delicate dishes clean.

Acidity matching Strong match

Pesto, basil and green-herb pasta

Vermentino's bright acidity and the savoury Mediterranean-herb edge Frescobaldi names, thyme and sage, run right alongside basil, pine nut and olive oil without being flattened. The wine lifts the green, grassy side of the dish.

Try with: Trofie al pesto · Insalata Caprese · Squid ink risotto · More pairings →

Salt balance Strong match

Oysters and briny shellfish

The wine's saline, stony minerality and lemon-grapefruit acidity echo sea brine and reset the palate between each shell. Low alcohol and no oak keep the focus on the shellfish, not the glass.

Try with: Oysters · Mussels · Crab · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Tempura and lightly fried seafood

Fresh acidity and a modest 12.5% alcohol cut frying fat and batter, while the wine stays light enough not to compete. Citrus aromatics stand in for the squeeze of lemon.

Try with: Prawn Tempura · Tempura · Miso Black Cod · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Steamed fish and ginger-led seafood

Citrus and white-peach aromatics bridge to ginger-and-spring-onion steamed fish and gently spiced seafood, and the wine's mineral, sea-spray lift mirrors the dish's clean marine character.

Try with: Steamed sea bass · Salt and pepper squid · Salt and pepper prawns · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Light antipasti and tomato-led plates

Light body and lively fruit match unfussy antipasti without overwhelming them, and the bitter-almond twist on the finish answers the chicory edge of a radicchio risotto.

Try with: Insalata Caprese · Gnocco fritto · Radicchio risotto · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Char-grilled red meat and fierce chilli heat

A light, low-tannin coastal white is flattened by char-grilled red meat and stripped raw by serious chilli heat. Save those for a tannic Sangiovese or the local Morellino di Scansano; Massovivo is built for the sea-facing end of the table.

Skip with: Bistecca alla Fiorentina · Vindaloo · Chilli con carne · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Massovivo is built to drink young, not to cellar

This is not a cellar wine. Steel-aged on its spent yeast with no oak and no tannin to soften, Massovivo is at its best in the year or two after the vintage. That is when the citrus and sea-spray lift are at full volume.

Drinking window
2025: 2025 to 2028

For the main offer above.

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Serving temperature
8-12°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

Steel-aged, unoaked and tannin-free under a broad IGT with no mandated ageing; built for freshness, not the cellar.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£13.70 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Where these Massovivo notes come from

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page several times a week. Last refresh: 6 Nov 2026, 05:48 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 3.8 out of 5 from 3,064 ratings on Vivino.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, from how this wine is made, the rules of its appellation, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

The drinking years for the main offer apply to its 2025 vintage. Treat them as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium

Common Questions

Massovivo is 100% Vermentino, grown at Frescobaldi's Tenuta Ammiraglia on the Maremma coast in Tuscany and bottled as Toscana IGT.

A light, dry white with lemon and grapefruit citrus, white peach and a stony, sea-spray minerality. Stainless-steel ageing on the lees keeps it fresh and savoury rather than oaky.

Seafood and lighter Italian dishes: oysters and mussels, Ligurian trofie al pesto, grilled white fish and tomato-and-mozzarella antipasti. Its saline acidity suits anything from the coast.

Drink it young. This is a steel-aged, unoaked Vermentino made for freshness, at its best within a year or two of the vintage.

UK listings run from about £16.57 to £21 for a 750ml bottle, with the 2024 vintage currently in stock.

Yes. Massovivo is a dry, light-bodied white at around 12.5% alcohol, fermented fully in stainless steel with no residual sweetness.

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Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi Masso Vivo