The Story
Masi Costasera Amarone Classico 2007 is a powerful and iconic red with intense aromas of dried cherry, fig and plum layered with notes of cocoa, spice and tobacco. The palate is full-bodied and richly concentrated, offering velvety tannins, balanced acidity and deep flavors of dark fruit, chocolate and sweet spice. Its smooth, opulent texture leads to a long, warming finish with exceptional depth and complexity.
Food Pairing: Braised beef, game dishes, aged cheeses and rich risottos.
93 Points - James Suckling
Sandalwood, balsamic, cinnamon, spruce and pine. The tertiary maturation has done this favours. A fine, mature Amarone. Rich, nourishing and avuncular. Like taking your shoes off and stretching into a freshly polished armchair. Lovely drinking, although the finish is slightly drying, suggesting that this needs breaching, preferably with food, sooner rather than later.
92 Points - Wine Spectator
A juicy Amarone that partners a silky texture with supple tannins, delivering dark flavors of brambly berry fruit and ripe black cherry, layered with smoke, vanilla, anise and clove. There's seamless integration, with a long finish that echoes the pure fruit flavor. Drink now through 2030. 6,000 cases imported.
90 Points - Wine Enthusiast
Costasera is a dark, brooding wine that boasts a dark side, aromatically speaking, in the form of Indian spice, clove, cola, cured meat, bresaola, blackberry and currant. The mouthfeel is dense, chewy and very, very opulent.
Description
Masi Costasera Amarone Classico 2007 is a powerful and iconic red with intense aromas of dried cherry, fig and plum layered with notes of cocoa, spice and tobacco. The palate is full-bodied and richly concentrated, offering velvety tannins, balanced acidity and deep flavors of dark fruit, chocolate and sweet spice. Its smooth, opulent texture leads to a long, warming finish with exceptional depth and complexity.
Food Pairing: Braised beef, game dishes, aged cheeses and rich risottos.
93 Points - James Suckling
Sandalwood, balsamic, cinnamon, spruce and pine. The tertiary maturation has done this favours. A fine, mature Amarone. Rich, nourishing and avuncular. Like taking your shoes off and stretching into a freshly polished armchair. Lovely drinking, although the finish is slightly drying, suggesting that this needs breaching, preferably with food, sooner rather than later.
92 Points - Wine Spectator
A juicy Amarone that partners a silky texture with supple tannins, delivering dark flavors of brambly berry fruit and ripe black cherry, layered with smoke, vanilla, anise and clove. There's seamless integration, with a long finish that echoes the pure fruit flavor. Drink now through 2030. 6,000 cases imported.
90 Points - Wine Enthusiast
Costasera is a dark, brooding wine that boasts a dark side, aromatically speaking, in the form of Indian spice, clove, cola, cured meat, bresaola, blackberry and currant. The mouthfeel is dense, chewy and very, very opulent.
