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Stylized beige letter G logo with a paper-like texture and a small loop design.

MOMENTS
MADEWITH
GENTLEIMPORTS

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BEHIND THE SELECTION 

“ M A S I ”

“ W H Y W E C H O S E T H I S ”

COSTASERA

AMARONE DELLAVALPOLICELLA CLASSICODOCG

ITALY WINE

THE GENTLE GIANT

Proud, majestic, complex and exuberant: this is Masi’s gentle giant. A benchmark for the Amarone category, which, together with Barolo and Brunello, makes up the aristocracy of the Italian wine world. The product of Masi’s unrivalled expertise in the appassimento technique, whereby traditional grapes for the Valpolicella Classica area  Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara are laid out on bamboo racks to concentrate their aromas during the winter months.

Detailed wine tasting notes and specifications, including grape varieties like Corvina, aroma, palate, food pairings, serving temperature, alcohol content, and shelf life.
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GRAPE
VARIETIES

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 CORVINA

Chief among these varieties, also because of its use in the blend of Amarone and other Veronese reds, is Corvina, which provides body, aroma, delicate scents, a purple red colour and characteristic hints of ripe cherries on the palate. The use of appassimento grape drying, together with mild attacks of noble rot on this grape variety, enriches the glycerine content of wines and enhances the tastes of morello cherries, preserved cherries and hazelnuts.

VALPOLICELLA
In more than two hundred years of passionate winemaking, since the purchase of the first parcel of the ‘Vaio dei Masi’ vineyard in 1772, the family has taken care to select the best foothill and hillside vineyard locations, paying particular attention to the development of single vineyards cru sites that produce wines of excellence with unique personalities.

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ART & CULTURE
Japanese artist Yasuhiro Asai, an expert in the art of Japanese lacquer, known as ‘urushi’, was selected for the 2023 edition