1981 Masi Recioto della Valpolicella Amarone Classico

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  3/11/2020 - forceberry wrote: flawed

  Labeled as "Recioto della Valpolicella Classico Amarone", meaning that this is not a sweet Recioto, but instead a dry Amarone. 15,5% alcohol.
  
  Very dark and rather opaque mahogany color. Aged and rather madeirized nose with aromas of syrupy molasses, some malty tones, a little bit of raisin, nutty notes of Tawny Port, a sharp hint of acetaldehyde and a touch of barley wine. The wine is dry, moderately full-bodied and rather oxidative on the palate with extracted and fully tertiary flavors of tangy aldehydic salinity, sour cherries, some herbal bitterness, a little bit of nutty rancio, light raisiny tones, a hint of dried red cherry and a sweet-umami touch of hoi sin. The wine is high in acidity with rather gently grippy tannins. The finish is long and oxidative with flavors of hoi sin and salty soy sauce, some aldehydic tang, a little bit if sour cherry bitterness, light nutty notes of rancio, dried-fruit hints of raisins and prunes and a touch of tart lingonberry.
  
  Already in pieces. In a flight of three old Masi Amarones (1990, 1981 and 1974) this was definitely in the worst shape, tasting already somewhat oxidized. Not particularly pleasant anymore; tasted just of old, anonymous wine.

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