2010 Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva
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Bob in NC Likes this wine:
89 Points
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - We are far from experts on Chianti Classico wines, but this seemed to be a solid tasty wine for the money. We wanted a sangiovese based wine to go with our red pasta sauce and this worked perfectly. Wish we gave it a decant before serving as it improved significantly over an hour.
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Comment posted by Champagneinhand:
7/9/2015 6:56:00 AM - you pretty much can't go wrong with Monsanto, as they produce good, reasonably priced Chianti every year. I think a touch of Merlot with the Sangiovese adds a good dimension but definitely a good food wine.
Give a Vino Nobile de Montipulciano a try some day. Argiano makes one and another with some guy on it in a Tudor style neck piece. I can't remember the name off hand but you will laugh seeing the outfit the guy is in. It is a good version of Sangiovese for red sauce pasta as well, in that $18-$22 range as well.
Comment posted by Bob in NC:
7/9/2015 9:00:00 AM - Dave, thanks - very helpful. I will keep an eye out for those other wines.
Comment posted by S1:
7/10/2015 7:46:00 AM - Thanks--I just bought some of these as pizza wine. Hope y'all are well.
Comment posted by Champagneinhand:
7/15/2015 11:53:00 AM - All is well, if just a bit hectic. Another great but reasonably priced Sangiovese from Tuscan is from Tua Rita, Perlato de Bosco drawing a blank but at $22 per this is a great fruited and structured wine and can cellar a decade as well. Tua Rita makes great wines from so many grapes. A Tuscan favorite, but Chianti always does well with pizza and red sauced pasta.