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Canonica A Cerreto Chianti Classico 2008, DOCG, Tuscany, Italy
Beautiful ruby in colour, this wine opened up with aromas of
red cherry, plum, sweet spices, licorice, light cedar and savoury notes. On the
mouthfeel, medium bodied, juicy with good energy, lively acidity and dusty
tannins. Good length on the finish with savoury and slightly spicy flavours
lingering.
I enjoyed this wineries Chianti Classico Riserva 2007, but I
think I preferred this wine better. With a more restrained use of oak, you get
a purer expression of Sangiovese very flavourful and ready to drink. 10% Merlot
was added to the Sangiovese, which helped this wine achieve the softness and
juiciness that make it more approachable right now. Very good value, score 89
points.
Canonica A. Cerreto Chianti Classico Riserva 2007, Tuscany, Italy
Navigating
a restaurant's wine list can be a challenge, especially when most of
the wine names are not familiar to you. There may be numerous wines on
restaurant's wine list which are available through consignment only or
wine agency and not available in your local wine stores. Which is why I
like to review some of these wines, since generally, few reviews are
available for these wines.
This
past weekend we headed out for dinner at Bottega Pizzeria on rue
St-Zotique in Montréal, Québec, the wine list, an all Italian wine
selection (love it) with about 60 different choices from all over Italy,
including a selection of rare native Italian grapes. I selected
Canonica A. Cerreto Chianti Classico Riserva 2007 to enjoy with our
Pizza. This wine is a blend of 85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
and 5% Merlot, aged 18 months in French oak. Talk about beautiful
sensuous aromatics here with cherry, raspberry, blackberry jam, violets,
cedar and savoury aromas. On the mouthfeel, medium to full bodied with
14% Alcohol with generous burst of flavour, soft textured tannins and
lively acidity. The wine finish is long with lots of savoury flavours,
jammy fruit and fine grained tannins. Superb aromatics, great structure
and balance, awesome wine, really enjoyable. Score 90 Points.
Now
lets talk about this restaurant, started with a salad first, then our
Pizza La Capricciosa (tomatoes, prosciutto, olives, artichokes,
mushrooms and fresh Fior di Latte mozzarella) and a pecan tart with
hazelnut gelato for dessert. Everything was so good, so fresh and I love
the thin crust with crispy outside and soft inside and the dessert was
to die for. The service was impeccable, food is well priced with a
really good wine list. Great experience, I cannot wait to go back,
strongly recommended.
Update May 27, 2012
This
Chianti Classico became available here in Ontario through the LCBO New
Release of April 28, 2012. I have so far enjoyed two of three bottles
purchased and found both of them to be as enjoyable as when I wrote the
review last December. When I think of Chianti Classico, this is the
style I enjoy, more traditional, with sweet and sour fruit, good acidity
and food friendly.
Now
for the price, not having enjoyed this wine before, I calculated the
purchase price (who doesn’t do this) at $25.00, with a restaurant price
at $60.00, which would have been 2 1/2 time the purchase price, which is
average. Since this wine
wasn’t available at the SAQ in Québec, Bottega Pizzeria would have
bought this wine through consignment and most likely at an even better
price for restaurants, around $15 or $16. This makes the markup around
four times the original price, which is excessive. But if you are living
in Ontario and think of buying Canonica A. Cerreto Chianti Classico
Riserva 2007, at $17.00 this wine is a great value. Cheers