2004 Villa Gemma Chianti Riserva (£5 at Morrison's)
Posted: 21:21 Sun 06 Jan 2008
I spotted a little corner of the wine section at Morrison's that had bottles at £5 that appeared to be good value:
2006 Bertrand Capdevigne Petit Chablis;
Montagne St Emilion 2006
being the others (links in good time to please Julian).
This Chianti is not from the Classico area but is a Riserva, so has been aged longer and should be from the top Sangiovese grapes available for the vinyard - Gemma's place, whoever she is.
Deep cherry colour, low viscosity with little to no legs. Nose is plummy with a bit of acidity. Plumminess remains in the mouth with sharp cherry finish. Mouthfeel is light but pleasant. Overall, this is a very drinkable, lightweight Chianti and easily worth the £5. Most people will slug this down at a rate normally only seen at a TPF off-line and there would be few complaints. I got six, so also got the 5% discount; it was not an error of judgement. Basically buy.
2006 Bertrand Capdevigne Petit Chablis;
Montagne St Emilion 2006
being the others (links in good time to please Julian).
This Chianti is not from the Classico area but is a Riserva, so has been aged longer and should be from the top Sangiovese grapes available for the vinyard - Gemma's place, whoever she is.
Deep cherry colour, low viscosity with little to no legs. Nose is plummy with a bit of acidity. Plumminess remains in the mouth with sharp cherry finish. Mouthfeel is light but pleasant. Overall, this is a very drinkable, lightweight Chianti and easily worth the £5. Most people will slug this down at a rate normally only seen at a TPF off-line and there would be few complaints. I got six, so also got the 5% discount; it was not an error of judgement. Basically buy.