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Masi

Masi Agricola is the Valpolicella zone's largest and most internationally recognized family estate, managed by the Boscaini family since the 1960s with connections to the Serego Alighieri family (descendants of Dante Alighieri). The estate pioneered and refined the double-fermentation technique that distinguishes Amarone — a process they branded Tecnica Masi — involving re-fermentation of fresh wine on the partially dried skins of Recioto grapes. At auction, 132 lots have traded at an average of $84, ranging from $23 to $984. Costasera (the accessible Amarone tier) leads at 44 lots averaging $54; Campolongo di Torbe (single-vineyard Amarone from the highest-altitude Masi cru) averages $120 across 20 lots; the standard Amarone Classico averages $177 across 9 lots. The $984 ceiling reflects large-format Mazzano — Masi's other single-vineyard Amarone — from benchmark years like 1997, 2001, 2007, or 2012. Mazzano regularly receives 95-98-point scores.