The first two you picked were duds to begin with. I hoped for more out of the third. You need to do a show on Felsina CCR Rancia. It seems to be one of the few chianti that gets the royal treatment. Also Farnetella is an excellent value for 12-15$.

QOTD – don’t have any recommendations, sorry.

When you were talking about the baseball cards, you made me think about the crazy guy who used to be on the Home Shopping Channel – I think his name was Don West. This guy used to go ballistic about Gem-mint 10 rookie cards…

Not a total loss-breaking open the pack and getting all those gems! What a stroll back in time! Appreciate you saying you can’t recommend them if you just aren’t feeling it. Don’t always have time to watch entire episodes but I loved Yesterday’s when he slammed the “taste” of Riesling!!! Damn funny stuff. I’ll get back to that one soon. You should rewatch that one. You’re sniffing, swirling & gargling while he’s got his head tilted full throttle backwards!!!

Question back to you>does it matter to you if a wine should be somewhat true to type? By that I am asking, should a buyer expect certain flavors from certain regions. The Antinori as you described it seemed too dark to be a chianti…maybe. But, I agree, especially after tasting Spanish wines for the past month, that many times there are just tastier wines at certain prices.

QOTD: I got nothing for you. Chianti, no, sorry. But I am looking. I’ll let you know what I find.

Keep up the great work.
Also, no Aluminum can not rust as rust is Iron Oxide. Only ferrite steels (and iron obviously) can rust. Aluminum however can oxidize into Alumina (AlO3) which is a type of ceramic and is used in electrical insulation. It forms a very, very thin skin on exposed aluminum but I doubt it has any scent.

@QOTD:

We hat a 2003 Poggio Bonelli Chianti Classico last week and it was quite good! ~89+ points!

My favorite Chianti was a Nozzole I had a couple of years ago. Sustantial, spicy, almost brunello like and a bargain at less than $20. Alas, I don’t remember the year.
BTW, I’m surprised at all teh praise for the Monsanto. I had a riserva and found it colossally disppointing. Wan, watery, hollow, empty. And sad. Nice label tho.

Castello di Fonterutoli is beautiful, and I quite like Canonica a Cerreto Res when I am in the mood for powerful oaky wine.
And Chianti doesn’t mean ‘dregs’ in Italian, its the name of the region since the early 1700’s. Its good to see Slushpuppy is earning his money working for the Spanish Wine Board.

A good Tuesday night Pizza Chianti. Da Vinci Reserva 2004

You know there’s gonna be a WLTV disappointment when you start with McGuire and Cansceco….now, if it were a tasting of pumped-up Barossa Shiraz, maybe that would have been the proper segue….

still a good episode . thanks

Too bad about the off day. It seemed like that kind of a day -upsets – at least for the peeps in Chicago – I’m a southsider all the way and its not over till the fat lady sings or the goat comes home (?)!! Kewl cards!

QOTD: I love Castello di Bossi Chianti Classico, it is a little pricey but worth every penny. It has a great bouquet ripe cherry and violet and has a nice balance throughout – I like partnering it with Parmigiano/Asiago or any stinky feet cheeses!

You’re going to laugh but the tuesday night pizza wine is Ruffino Aziano Chianti Classico. I like it and it’s easy of the pocket.

The most exciting part of this show were the cards… Mark, Jose, and Bo all in one pack? I never got that kind of luck back in the day!
QOTD: If GV can’t find a good Chianti.. we are all in for a world of hurt!

2004 Frescobaldi Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva

The card pack was fun. I’d like to see another show on Chianti because I haven’t found a good one yet. Granted I’ve only tried four or so, but none was worth drinking again. Find some good ones with a soild QPR for us, please!!!

Sorry a little premature postilation there. the 2004 Frescobaldi Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva is an awesome wine. I first had it when someone gave it to my inlaws in a gift basket. They don’t drink so they gave it to me. Really Really good stuff. Later I also found out it was on wine spectators list of top 100 wines. I believed it came in at the 45-55 range. It’s whats gotten me into wine as much as I am.

Great show, once again !

Regarding Kenny Dion’s comment, from Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list, the price range is more around 22 $.

But another Chianti from Frescobaldi which is even better (although more expensive) is the Montesodi Frescobaldi Chianti Rùfina 2004 .

Here in Monopoly Land (Quebec, Canada), the price rolls in at around 55$. Maybe this one is what Kenny was refering to.

Either way, Nipozzano is a good Chianti QPR and Montesodi is really a great wine, although not in the QPR range.

Chris

Too bad about these Chianti’s. I was surprised to hear that the Peppoli got such a high rating. The Peppoli’s I have had have struck me as ok but meh. It sounds like this one struck you that way, too.

QOTD. Maybe a year ago I got a case of Fattoria di Lucignano Chianti Colli Fiorentini. It was a closeout and cost something like $5/bottle. It won’t change your world, but it does have an Old World dirty-socks/rotting-leaves sort of thing that I like. A much more expensive Sangiovese that I like (not a Chianti, but still Tuscan Sangiovese) is Petrolo Torrione.

Yo G, nice try with the Chiantis. Haven’t been drinkin’ many of ’em
lately, so don’t have any recommendations. They’re an OK vino to
chug with pizza, but there’s a zillion other vinos i’d rather have…..

QOTD: Villa Cafaggio Chianti Classico Reserva—the ’99 kills. Had the 2004, it was good but enjoyed the ’99 better. Also the Fonterutoli.

Gary, saw you in a recent episode of you on The Smart Show. I thought it was great. Hopefully one day I’ll bump into you too! http://thesmartshow.blip.tv/episodes/?cm_sp=ex-_-smartshow-_-ssEpisodes

Brutal honesty: priceless.
Cheers for speaking the truth. That’s a hard commodity to come by in this business.

QOTD: Querciabella has always performed well for me.

I’ve had quite a few chiantis, but yet to have one that’s really impressed. I haven’t given up though – just don’t seek them out.

CORRECTIONS: I see no evidence that the Cetamura and Strozzi chiantis are Classicos, but the tags, links and your site lists them so. However GV does not say they are. I would suggest when talking of chiantis, an explanation of regular Chiantis vs. Classico, Rufina (not Ruffino)……….. would be educational as I would guess a huge percentage of your viewing public does not know.