Features
Name:
Riserva Costasera Amarone Classico DOCG 2019
Terrain:
loose red soils rich in limestone and compact red soils with abundant basalts
Cellar
The Masi winery produces and distributes Amarone and other traditional wines typical of the Venetian region.
The use of indigenous grapes and methods and the research and experimentation activities of its Technical Group make it one of the best known Italian producers of excellent wines in the world.
Its history began in 1772, when the Boscaini family purchased valuable vineyards in the small valley called 'Vaio dei Masi'. This gave its name to the winery, which is still owned by the family and which, after more than 200 years of passionate work, now actively operates with the sixth and seventh generation.
A reference in the art of Amarone production worldwide, Masi constantly passes down and innovates the technique of drying the grapes, known since Roman times.
For more than forty years it has undertaken an ambitious project to enhance historic wine estates, collaborating with:
the Conti Serego Alighieri, descendants of the poet Dante, owners of the estate with the longest history and tradition in Valpolicella
the Conti Bossi Fedrigotti, a prestigious Trentino griffe
Canevel, producer of sparkling wines of excellence in Valdobbiadene.
Masi also owns the organically managed estates Poderi del Bello Ovile in Tuscany and Masi Tupungato in Argentina.
The Group boasts products that are known and appreciated in more than 120 countries. Masi is a partner in associations and organisations that express the excellence of Made in Italy in the world: Fondazione Altagamma, Comitato Leonardo, Istituto Grandi Marchi, Le Famiglie Storiche.
Description
Proud, majestic, complex, exuberant, it represents a special selection of Costasera, Masi's gentle giant. It is the benchmark for the Amaroni category, which together with Barolo and Brunello represents the aristocracy of Italian reds. Here Masi's authoritative expertise in Appassimento is interpreted with a long over-ripening of the grapes on bamboo racks and at least three years of ageing in noble wood. The skilful use of the indigenous Valpolicella Classica varieties Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara is enhanced by the presence of the original Oseleta, rediscovered by Masi.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Colour: impenetrable dark red
Nose: intense, overripe red fruit, cinnamon, vanilla.
Taste: warm and persuasive, cooked fruit, sweet spices, cloves, long, dry finish.
Storage time:
30-35 years
Vinification
long over-ripening of grapes on bamboo racks
Acknowledgements
2018 James Suckling 94/100
2015 James Suckling 94/100
2015 Veronelli 92/100
2015 Vitae AIS 

