This is an immensely versatile and popular wine for good reason (with a huge production of 1,800,000 bottles). The Masi 2018 Campofiorin offers brightness and plenty of Valpolicella grape purity with cherry, spicy plum and tarry smoke. The blend is 70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella and 5% Molinara, all aged in Slavonian oak for 18 months. The aromas are balanced and immediate, giving this wine a frank and genuine personality that could match a long list of your favorite foods, from pasta to meatloaf. It finishes with mid-weight intensity and a point of bright acidity. This vintage is a bit thinner and shorter overall.

This was a great vintage in Valpolicella, prizing dark and exuberant fruit flavors. The 2015 Campofiorin is made with the double-fermentation method, or ripasso, that is indigenous to this area, and the wine offers both fresh fruit aromas of blackberry and cherry as well as dried aromas of raisin and prune at the back. The blend is 70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella and 5% Molinara. This is a more accessible wine that would make a great pairing partner to a juicy burger topped with avocado, cheddar cheese and bacon. Production is huge at 1,700,000 bottles, but the wine delivers on a value promise.

The 2014 Campofiorin represents a special 50th anniversary (1964-2014) bottling of this unique wine. The bouquet is steady and smooth in delivery with a steady succession of black fruit flavors followed by smoke, ash, licorice and road pavement. Campofiorin is a Valpolicella-inspired red blend that sees a secondary fermentation on the skins of Amarone. This process gives the wine intensity and power that is just one step shy of its big brother Amarone. This vintage is a touch leaner and thinner in terms of mouthfeel. Happy birthday Campofiorin.

The 2013 Campofiorin is a distant cousin of Amarone in that its made with semi-dried grapes. This process of "leggero appassimento" gives the wine that extra oomph and richness to stand up to hearty meat or game dishes. Despite that extra power and concentration, the wine makes room for delicate notes of black current and pressed rose petal. Spice and cured tobacco fill in the rear. This 2013 vintage shows balance and a tight spot of fresh acidity.