Features
Name:
Amarone Campolongo Di Torbe 2013 Masi in wooden box
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
Amarone Campolongo di Torbe from the Masi winery is a great Amarone, characterised by a rounded almond aroma and great intensity and balance. It comes from the vineyard of the same name that has been known for its qualities since the 12th century, where the grapes wither naturally in traditional fruit lofts during the cold winter months.
Organoleptic characteristics:
It has an impenetrable ruby red colour. The nose is very intense and complex of cooked fruit and cinnamon. In the mouth it is warm, rich and round, with flavours of ripe cherries and morello cherries, cooked plums and bitter almonds.
Storage time:
30-35 years
Vinification
Drying for about 3 months in fruit cellars. This is followed by fermentation for 45 days in steel containers. Completion of alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in oak barrels.
Acknowledgements
2015 James Suckling 98/100
2013 Doctor Wine 98/100
2013 Decanter World Wine Award 96/100
2013 Wine Enthusiast 97/100
2013 James Suckling 96/100