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  October 28, 2022 - I am Massimago,
  Profasio 2014, Valpolicella Superiore
  
  The trip took a bit to take on, but once it did, it took off like a bang.
  
  I found myself in a very familiar alley. The darkness wasn’t so dark. The shadows brought out many familiar images of foliage, fences, plaques of numbers. I can’t remember specifically why I remember those numbers, but I knew them. Down the way were lights brighter than the occasional of those lit in the backyards. I went to them. Familiar shops closed, restaurants bustled and people were on the walkways. The fountain was there as it should have been. The lights glistened the spouts. People were playing ping pong. Music was making me want to dance.
  It was so strange. Right there in the middle of the plaza was a bottle. It had a black and white label and on it was the word Profasio. I went up to it, stood in front of it. I looked around. No one was looking at me. I stared at it for a bit. Then I shouted, “Does this belong to anyone?”
  I looked around me 360. No one protested.
  I picked it up. It was mostly full. This felt wrong. I poured a bit into my palm. I smelled it. It smelled good. Why was a mostly full bottle of Valpolicella Superiore just sitting here? Do I dare? In this age of diseases of worry, why would I do this? Alcohol kills bacteria and viruses, right?
  Without putting my mouth to the bottle I poured it into my mouth.
  Gorgeous raspberries, earth, fresh, delish. I swished and downed in one gulp. I looked around as the finish lingered, tempting another such swig. The finish showed light and dense complex spices such as fig cake. I looked around again at no one protesting and took another massive mouthful without putting my mouth to the rim. There were more spices. Raspberry cakes of dry herbs, fine and very longing to do that again. This time I walked over to the fountain and looked out at the lights of University and Emmerson. I thought of the last decade having come here most every night pre-COVID to partake in my neighborhood’s culinary delights. I mused at how it had changed. My eye turned toward Stanford Theater. The lights were on again, finally, but he pub next door with my favorite pinball machines weren’t. They weren’t coming back either. I took another swig. I looked at the back of the label. I knew these varietals well. Corvina was one of my top 10. This blend was of the same that was used to make most Amarone. This being much lighter, but of perfect quality I had to remember this, so I took a picture. Rondinella was a descendent of Corvina. Corvinone used to be thought as a clone of Corvina, its name meaning “large Corvina”, but it’s not. Its larger berry makes it an excellent use for drying in the Amarone and Recioto.
  Another large mouthful brought me to pure love of this find. I wondered how this was ever left to be abandoned there and felt a touch guilty for taking it. I still looked around and no one even so much as glanced at me and my swigging, that I could tell. Then my mind really started to mess with me. Maybe this had been drugged and someone was watching me from one of those windows up there, or from a car over there. Then my heartbeat started to race. I threw down the bottle and ran.

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• timothynbond Likes this wine: 89 points

  February 9, 2020 - Took longer than I expect to open up, but once it did had bright fruit notes of cherry, raspberry, blueberry. Medium bodied, and went wonderfully with a apricot glazed kurobuta rack of pork (sweetness of the glaze was no issue). Would make a great Thanksgiving wine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2014
• Type Red
• Producer Massimago
• Varietal Corvina Blend
• Designation Profasio
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Veneto
• SubRegion Valpolicella
• Appellation Valpolicella Superiore
• UPC Codes 8058150822005, 8058150822036

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• In Cellars 27 (55%)
• Consumed 22 (45%)

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