2005 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico - Printable Version +- WineBoard (https://www.wines.com/wineboard) +-- Forum: TASTING NOTES & WINE SPECIFIC FORUMS (https://www.wines.com/wineboard/forum-200.html) +--- Forum: Italian Wines/Varieties (https://www.wines.com/wineboard/forum-24.html) +--- Thread: 2005 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico (/thread-8084.html) |
- Duane Meissner - 07-08-2008 My first Chianti. I was dissapointed. Simple, thin, and what I would have to call sour. What would that be? Is there a better descriptor than "sour"? Should I stay away from Chiantis, or is what I described atypical? I paid just over $20 after taxes. DM - winoweenie - 07-08-2008 Hate it whenced this happens. Did some " leather-tongue...ie; Bucko " on the board reccomend this hummer? I've gone thru this 6,412 times so don't venture too far from my comfort zone without a strong recco. Sorry but done' give up drinking. WW - hotwine - 07-08-2008 There are plenty of quality Chianti Classicos out there. One we had tonight with eggplant parmesan is the '03 Antinori Riserva.... wonderful wine, at about $23. There are others that are cheaper, but that's the best we've run across. - VouvrayHead - 07-09-2008 I've had this wine, though not this vintage, and found it to be fairly good. 4 possibilities: not enough air or too young bad vintage bad bottle you just don't like chianti, which does have high acid and often not a lot of fruit and certainly likes food... - Duane Meissner - 07-09-2008 It's not that I thought it was terrible. I still finished most of the bottle. I was just expecting to be a little more pleased for $20. I suspect I just don't like Chianti. Interestingly enough, I had it with eggplant parm. as well, so it's not that I didn't have anything to tame it. Drank it slowly through the evening (5+ hours) with no change, so it's not the oxygen. Bad vintage? Perhaps. I'll probably just steer clear for awhile. There are plenty of other new things to try. - wondersofwine - 07-09-2008 I sometimes prefer Chianti on the second night after opening. Sometimes it mellows a bit overnight in the refrigerator. - Duane Meissner - 07-09-2008 WOW, I tried that too... same characteristics, but more so. |