Grandarella
⏳ Drikkevindue
2018 - 2028
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Slow-cooked beef stews, roasted game meats such as venison, and aged, savory cheeses like mature Asiago or Pecorino.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Masi's Grandarella is a fascinating testament to the Venetian art of appassimento, a traditional grape-drying technique pioneered and perfected by the Boscaini family. While appassimento is famously associated with Valpolicella's Amarone, Grandarella represents a bold, innovative application of this ancient method to Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, an ancient indigenous grape of the Venetian regions, grown in the stony soils of the estate's vineyards. The hand-harvested grapes are laid out to dry on traditional bamboo racks, known as 'arele', during the dry autumn months. This natural dehydration process concentrates the sugars, acids, and tannins, resulting in a deeply colored, robust red wine. After fermentation, the wine is aged in oak casks, marrying the wild, rustic blackberry and plum notes of Refosco with sophisticated layers of sweet spice, cocoa, and velvety tannins. It is a brilliant bridge between historical regional grapes and time-honored winemaking craftsmanship.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Masi Agricola blev grundlagt i 1772, da Boscaini-familien opkøbte førsteklasses vinmarker i den lille dal 'Vaio dei Masi', og vinhuset har siden udviklet sig til en af de mest ikoniske og respekterede producenter i Valpolicella Classica-zonen i Veneto. Vingården er blevet drevet gennem generationer af familien Boscaini og har opnået verdensomspændende anerkendelse for at videreudvikle og modernisere den traditionelle appassimento-metode. Her forvandles lokale druesorter som Corvina, Rondinella og Molinara til fyldige og lagringsværdige mesterværker. Ud over at have skabt den revolutionerende 'Supervenetianer' Campofiorin i 1960'erne samt det historiske samarbejde med Serego Alighieri-greverne, er Masi verdenskendt for sine skoledannende Amarone della Valpolicella-fortolkninger, herunder de prestigefyldte Costasera, Mazzano og Campolongo di Torbe.