2011 Masi Cru Campolongo Di Torbe Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico DOC, Veneto
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70% CORVINA 25% RONDINELLA 5%, MOLINARA
COLOUR: Opaque ruby red.
BOUQUET: Intense and complex aromas of baked fruit and cinnamon.
FLAVOUR: Rich, full bodied and well balanced, with ripe cherry flavours (sweet and marasca), baked plums and bitter almonds. 16% alc
Ideal to drink on its own, after dinner. Also very good with red meats, game, quail and other tasty dishes. Excellent with mature cheeses such as parmesan and pecorino. The softness of the wine apparent in some years makes it a good match with gorgonzola.
AGEING POTENTIAL: 35 – 40 Years.
There is so much richness in the tar and dark fruit notes of the 2011 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Campolongo di Torbe that it is almost a meal in itself. There is plenty of ripeness from the hot vintage, but this 16% alcohol wine is just a bomb, with such a big payload of jammy blackberry that it comes close to being too much of a good thing. The blend is 70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella and 5% Molinara. This dark and brooding wine washes over the palate with thick waves of black fruit and mesquite spice intensity. Nothing goes unnoticed here: The power, the intensity and the opulence of the wine are taken to extremes in this dry vintage. Like the Mazzano, the Campo ages in large oak barrels for three years, while this fruit from the Capolongo di Torbe vineyard is grown at a slightly higher altitude than Mazzano, at 375 to 400 meters above sea level in Negrar, with red, limestone-rich soils.
95 pts - Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate, Oct 2019, Drink 2020-2040.
| Product/Service Sold Out | No |
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| En Primeur | No |
| New Arrivals | No |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Varietals | Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara |
| Vintage | 2011 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Wine Points | 95 |
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