Sign up for the Daily Sip

Your daily dose of wine knowledge.
Fun, short emails featuring wines, winemakers, regions, gadgets and more.


Email Address

Tag - Tuscany

Showing 1-3
of 3

A Wine

Frescobaldi Sangiovese -2005

Most Recent Tasting Note:

Profile Image

I've had this luscious Chianti two times now, and both times it was great. Understated red fruit on the nose, with a hint of spice and ripeness. A smooth, medium weight in the mouth, with very nice structure, and a medium, tasty finish. I have had it with tagliatelle and a fusilli, both with a light tomato sauce complimented nicely. Would also pair with a nice pork roast with rosemary. 1 Note

Each bottle of wine purchased on Bottlenotes is fulfilled by an in-state, licensed retailer.

Quantity:

Leave a Note

A Wine

Casalino Chianti Classico Riserva Sangiovese -0

Most Recent Tasting Note:

Profile Image

Casalino’s 2005 Riserva offers up classic Old World Sangiovese with its deep garnet color and herbaceous aroma to include, perhaps, a tart cherry note in the nose. Flavors include mother earth, tart cherry cobbler, and some black pepper. The last five years have been good to this wine as it has a medium-bodied, smooth, and silky feel in the mouth and a solid finish. This paired superbly with our dinner of chicken with Italian herb marinara and sun dried tomatoes. I don’t think I could have paired it better actually. I think the fact that it was a fuller-bodied Chianti (being a Classico Riserva) lent a more harmonious blending of the wine and the marinara. A young Chianti may have been to light. At any rate, this is a great value at $15, however, Total Wine has it on sale currently for $13. Highly recommended

1 Note

Each bottle of wine purchased on Bottlenotes is fulfilled by an in-state, licensed retailer.

Quantity:

Leave a Note

A Wine

Vecchia Cantina Montepulciano -2004

Most Recent Tasting Note:

Profile Image

I knew before I poured this wine into the decanter it was going to flow with a nice garnet color from some aging. The aroma of black tar and ripe raspberries hit me immediately, but after aerating a bit, it had some cherry notes with a strong herbal scent. Medium-bodied, it exhibited flavors of tar, tobacco, and sour cherries. Soft tannins and great structure characterized this wine’s feel in the mouth, and it had a nice, medium-lengthed finish. This wine paired very well with marinara and beef over penne. Later, a mild cigar (Macanudo Caviar Cafe) teased out the cherry flavor of the wine, effectively rendering the tar and tobacco flavors in the wine inert. Highly recommended for that Old World rustic character and the ease with which it pairs with marinara… the price ain’t bad either; $11.

1 Note

Each bottle of wine purchased on Bottlenotes is fulfilled by an in-state, licensed retailer.

Quantity:

Leave a Note

Showing 1-3
of 3

AddawineModule

Refine Wine Search

Price Range

Types

Varietals

Wineries