Chris H's home
Tasted Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - Thursday, November 20, 2014 by Loren Sonkin with 545 views
Last night my tasting group met. Our theme was 2010 Chianti Classico. The wines were consumed blind over the course of a couple of hours. Breads and cheeses were served along side. Most of the wines were pop and pour (except the Felsina). I think Chianti Classico is such a great area. There is value here. There are also expensive wines that need to be cellared. And, I think Chianti does cellar better than most people would think. This is a vintage that I will be putting a bunch of wines away for a decade or more as I did in 97, 01, 04 and 07.
Its a funny thing though, this is a wine not to open with non-geeks. Usually, it is the more expensive wines that casual wine drinkers just don't really appreciate, but in the case of Chianti, everyone knows the name, but casual drinkers seem to associate it with low quality. They don't always get the difference between and Chianti at $6 and a Classico Riserva at $30 just by the label.
Thanks Chris for hosting!
2009 Uvaggio (L'Uvaggio di Giacomo) Moscato Secco Bella Vigna Vineyard 88 Points
USA, California, Central Valley, Lodi
(11/19/2014)
Light gold in color. The nose is interesting. Someone said Torrontes which made sense. It has grapefruits, tangerines and pine(?). On the palate, a lot of tart yellow grapefruit. There is a bit of an industrial quality that comes and goes. Overall though a very nice white that I bet was better a year or two ago but is holding up better than I might have thought.
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