2022: a great year for Amaroni Masi, crowning the celebrations for the 250th harvest

After four long winter months of slow drying , the selected grapes from the hillside vineyards of the Masi Agricola Group in Valpolicella Classica begin the delicate phase of fermentation, which will give us the prized Amaroni Costasera, Riserva Costasera , the Campolongo di Torbe and Mazzano crus, and the Vaio Armaron of the Serego Alighieri estates .

"The Masi Technical Group, collaborating with various institutes at university level, has investigated the original drying process from which Amarone is born " specifies the president of Masi, Sandro Boscaini , " coming to the conclusion that the long drying process, as practiced from our grandparents, he is the one who gives us the best Amarone, with its unique and inimitable original 'illusion of sweetness' . The derogation from the specification allowed this vintage to be pressed from the beginning of November. At Masi we waited, as of usual, late January early February, without forcing, according to natural rhythms, respecting 'the taste of the time'(1)".

At the conclusion of the emptying of the numerous fruit sheds, the positive estimates of the Masi Technical Group are confirmed. High quality grapes, dried in ideal conditions - thanks to a mild and dry winter with cold days from late January - which allowed an excellent concentration with weight loss even higher than 35%. In the musts, the intensity and olfactory complexity are excellent.

" Amarone is also original in the evaluation of its vintages " specifies the technical director of Masi Andrea Dal Cin . " A great five-star Amarone is always the result of the high quality of the grapes during the harvest and a perfect management of the drying phases : this is the case of the 2022, the 250th of our historic cellar ".

The fermentation phase began in these first rigid days of February in the new vinification department in French oak vats , a project by the Masi Technical Group dedicated to excellence in the production of Amarone.

" Great wines are the combined fruit of suitable lands, dedicated grapes, men and techniques of excellence, such as Amarone della Valpolicella which now sees its Appassimento technique candidate for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. A goal deserved by the excellence of the wine: among the finest in the world and from the territory that has preserved peasant knowledge, centuries-old traditions and original techniques " concludes Sandro Boscaini, "Mister Amarone" .