A rich, focused red, with an intriguing interplay between ripe notes of dried raspberry and roasted plum fruit flavors and a savory underpinning of ground coffee and smoke. Long and medium- to full-bodied, with firm tannins effortlessly knit with the expressive profile. Reveals accents of rose hip and wild sage, red licorice and cocoa powder on the long finish. Corvina, Molinara and Rondinella. Drink now through 2039. 1,235 cases made, 200 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Select to Add

A vibrant, harmonious red, offering a rich panoply of blackberry confit, dried raspberry, iron, smoke and aromatic overtones of fresh thyme, violet and clove. Tightly meshed yet still expressive, with sculpted, deftly knit tannins providing pleasing tension. Corvina, Molinara and Rondinella. Drink now through 2035. 3,000 cases made, 200 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Select to Add

One of Masi's two top-shelf wines, the 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Mazzano is a dark, tarry wine with oozing fruit and all kinds of toasted spice and tobacco. This is a production of 14,980 bottles. Mazzano usually shows more volume and concentration (compared to its sister wine Campolongo di Torbe), and you get a rather unforgiving 16% alcohol content.

A polished red, this is rich and medium- to full-bodied yet fresh and harmonious throughout. A finely meshed range of macerated black cherry, medicinal herb, loamy earth and minerally iron notes slowly expand on the palate, framed by dense, integrated tannins. The finish is savory, with lasting hints of olive, espresso and spice. Best from 2025 through 2035. 1,250 cases made, 75 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Select to Add

From the Mazzano vineyard in Negrar, the Masi 2012 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Mazzano shows more ripeness, volume and roundness compared to its sibling from Campolongo di Torbe. It feels like this wine also has a bit more sweetness, and this adds lots of life and brightness to its underlying aromas of black cherry confit and blackberry preserves. Mazzano also shows a distinctly savory spice with old spice, cured tobacco and a hint of smoked bresaola or bacon. Perhaps Mazzano is horizontal where Campolongo di Torbe is vertical, this wine is wide and broad, whereas the other is linear and deep. These are two different expressions that show beautifully a decade after the grapes were harvested. The blend is 75% Corvina, 20% Rondinella and 5% Molinara. Production is 15,350 bottles.