2017 Masi CampoFiorin Rosso Veronese Wine Review

[@WineOnTheDime]

So, I had a few folks post here or to me directly asking why I said Valpolicella. I had a segment in the video where I talked about it but a 9 minute wine review is a bit longer than what I typically shoot for when posting so I clipped it. With that said, here is the summary of what I cut: 1. One of the websites I found in doing research to try to find an exact breakdown specifically listed Valpolicella as the grape used. Which is not a thing that I'm aware of... 🤔 2. Valpolicella is a region within Veneto that is known for it's red blends and preparation of those blends. 3. The grapes I mentioned (Corvina, Corvinone, Molinara, and Rondinella) are typical of Veneto and are used in Valpolicella blends from that area. 4. It could be possible that they used a Valpolicella-style blend but it wasn't from that area because it was labeled as an IGT instead of a DOC. 5. I thought it was funny that I even found an online wine retailer that had point 1 as a thing on their site, which is how it even got mentioned in the first place. Lesson for today: If I'm not going to include the extra minutes of ranting why a website is incorrect in the video and make the video too long, then don't even include a reference in the video to begin with.

[@derekcontreras7494]

Great review let’s see a pairing video cheers🍷🍾

[@WineOnTheDime]

I shot a wine pairing video with my wife the other day. We tried to see if it would work as a longform video that we could extract into a podcast. We both chose a wine to pair with our dish and made each dish from scratch. In the end, it was WAY too long and would have taken me a week to edit everything. We marked it a failure but learned from it. We might try again at some point, but I need to figure out how to condense it into something manageable.

[@malevo311]

that wine is 12.99 at heb in austin

[@WineOnTheDime]

I got ripped off...

[@clockztickin]

@@WineOnTheDime 😅

[@NYpatriot712]

Drinking this wine in 2024 and tasting great!

[@clockztickin]

MASI is amazing

[@WineOnTheDime]

Yeah, they are pretty good.

[@carlcadregari7768]

Great wine and a “supervenitian”. Great way to get into a lighter style amarone. 🍷🍷🍷🍷👍👍👍

[@WineOnTheDime]

Amarone is just so dang good though...

[@carlcadregari7768]

True that. And for as good as it is many of them are reasonably priced. Not Wine on the Dime range, but not bad.

[@gregaved]

Nice review...I love these so called "baby Amarone" wines from Verona and the Veneto as you get a quality appasimiento wine at a great value. If you see Allegrini Palazzo della Torre at costoc/specs/total wine you should grab a bottle. Similar profile and I think even higher quality. Costco has had it for 15 a bottle near me, which is a steal for such a good wine...

[@WineOnTheDime]

Oh yeah! I added it to my list! I'm actually getting a steak this weekend so I can pair this wine (or one like it). I love Amarone so it's not surprising to me that I would like these too.

[@tiuvarta]

Isn’t Valpolicella a region? Also, aren’t the grapes you’ve mentioned grown in the area of Valpolicella? PS: gotta make sure that that globlet hold is high enough to warm the juice. Great job.

[@WineOnTheDime]

So, I had a segment that I cut that talks about why I said Valpolicella in that way. I didn't want the video to be too long but I guess that just added to the confusion. I'll put the gist of that in a pinned post here. As for holding cupping the bowl, that was because of two factors: 1) The wine was right at 60 degrees F so it wasn't warm enough to be past the desired serving range (actually it was a little under) and 2) I had just finished working over 10 hours straight for my day job and didn't care if I held it like a heathen.