2005 Cecchi Chianti Classico
We drank this wine with some homemade pizza. It was perfect for the evening. I liked this wine because it was a very gentle wine. It was good to drink before dinner when we were munching on cheese, waiting for one of our guests to arrive before putting the pizzas in the oven. There was a nice bouquet that consisted of subtle hints of cherry. It tasted like cherries and cola. Kind of like cherry coke, only in a wine. It didn’t have a finish, but that is okay because I’ve never had a Chianti that has had a finish. All Chiantis seem very subtle and gentle.
I would recommend this as a good wine if you don’t drink a lot of wine, but are interested in a good wine. If you’re making pasta or pizza, I would also recommend it. One of our guests brought it over, and I would bet that he bought it from Harris Teeter. So you can probably find it in a grocery store near you too.
I give this wine 87 points. It was a very solid Chianti, but nothing about it pushed it over the edge of greatness.