Masi 2015 Amarone “Vaio Amaron Serego Alighieri” 1.5L

The beastly and intense 2015 Amarone Classico Vaio Armaron is spicy and refined with a perfumed display of floral-laced cherries, dried flowers, shaved cedar and hints of sage. This is silky and elegant with a contrasting bitter twang, mixing hazelnut with a subtle bump of spicy citrus giving way to saturating mineral-drenched berries. This is an amazing Amarone of contrasts, coming across as powerful and demanding your attention, while tapering off balsamic with savory herbs. The experience goes on and on and with grippy tannins that linger, yet there’s still no harm in checking in now.

Score: 95 points -- Eric Guido, Vinous, 2022