Baby Amarone Masi

Masi mazzano amarone 2000.

Baby amarone masi. Brolo dei giusti amarone della valpolicella 2011 75cl 750ml premium wine. Usually correct but often of little consequence. Most amarone producers also bottle valpolicella ripasso often referred to as baby amarone. To make ripasso fresh valpolicella classico wine is mingled with leftover skins from amarone winemaking.

Masi masianico and masi campofiorin masi agricola commonly known just as masi is probably one of the most well known and oldest wine producers in the valpolicella region of the veneto. None of this ripasso business but rather a baby amarone made exactly like an amarone but with less aging and half the price. The first commercial amarone didn t appear until the early 1950s when it was commercialized by bolla then masi. The key to masi s campofiorin is that it is made as a standalone wine and not as some producers like to make them as a baby amarone it is also interesting to note that masi was the only producer making ripasso form 1964 1989 so they ve had time to hone their skills with it and perfect their techniques.

Italian red wine with violet reflections on the edges. Characteristic baked maraschino cherry and plum flavours with a hint of bitter chocolate and cinnamon. It is the original super venetian and is a cross between the iconic amarone and cheerful valpolicella wines of the area. By wine with bok.

This is probably boscaini s favorite wine and vineyard. For those who read my previous report on baby amarone this bottle was the real mccoy grapes were air dried for 130 days the result of their effort paid off. This trailblazing wine began its legacy in 1964. Pinot grigio and valpolicella mostly considered straightforward simple easy drinking wines.

So i settled on the valpolicella superiore the baby amarone and less than half price on the shelf for about 33 bucks. Masi costasera amarone della valpolicella classico 2011. Best with grilled roasted meats or strong tasty cheeses. Another wine from a single vineyard one of the highest in the zone about 450 meters.

More austere with less illusion of sweetness boscaini says and with an enormous capacity for aging. It is a touch bigger than campolongo. This month s selection is a delicious dry concentrated red wine called masi campofiorin igt from veneto italy. Not so with these two wines which i recently tasted from masi.