Masi Costasera Classico Amarone 2003

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Winery:

Masi Agricola

Varietal:

Corvina

Region:

Italy > Veneto

Type:

Red Wine

Color:

Drink Dates:

Drink Now - 2018

UPC:

 

User Tags:  (dried) fruit, mediterranean fruits, color descriptors, raisin, dried grape wines, tasting, stone fruits, amarone, special occasion, big 

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What to Expect

Corvina is one of the classic grapes of the Veneto region of Italy. It is usually the predominant grape in the blends used for Bardolino and Valpolicella. Corvina tends to produce lightly-colored wines with high acidity and moderate tannins featuring flavors that recall dark berries with hints of bitter almond. Corvina's thick skins lends the grape to rasining without rot. This technique is used to produce richer and dessert styled wines such as Amarone and Recioto.

Winemakers Notes

Wine making Amarone is the product of the wine-making method well known to the
Romans called "appassimento" (grape drying). At the end of September or
the beginning of October, the best clusters of grapes from hillside
vineyards are picked and laid out on bamboo racks in special lofts
equipped with the NASA “natural appassimento” control system. At the end
of January the grapes weigh 35% less and have concentrated sugars. This
time only the Corvina grapes were naturally attacked by noble rot. The
processes that follow are: soft pressing; read more...partial destalking; 45 days
fermentation in large Slavonian oak barrels or stainless steel vats at low,
natural temperatures; transfer into barrels of 30-40 hl where the alcoholic
fermentation continues for 35 days in the presence of selected alcohol
resistant yeasts; malolactic fermentation.
Ageing 24 months with 80% aged in Slavonian oak barrels of 40-80 hl and 20% in
small Allier and Slavonian oak barrels (40% new, 30% second usage, 30%
third usage). The wine is then bottle-aged for a minimum of 4 months.
Ageing potential 30-35 years.

Tasting notes Deep ruby red colour with violet tinges to the edges. Clean, very powerful and complex on the
nose with good alcoholic backbone amid the sweet aromas of dried prunes and raisins.Soft and
dry on the palate with typical baked cherry flavours mixed with hints of cocoa and cinnamon.
Attractively long finishing and full-bodied with soft tannins.
Analysis Alcohol 14.85 % by vol., residual sugar 8 g/l, dry extract 31 g/l, total acidity 5.82 g/l, pH 3.44.    (hide)

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