Red Wine Reviews Wine Blog – by Wine Guy

A humble lesson in Chianti. So, I claim to love wine, but, lets’ be serious, I am not your eloquent professional. I’m just an avid drinker of the ripe stuff….Vino. However, I do like to read about it and I plan to add some character to my blog by posting links to some great educational and worldly knowledge….

Here’s one now…I found this great article which illustrates the art of creating Chianti:
http://www.nytimes.com/Chianti-Article

One of the simplest rules that I will quote below is:
The rules have changed frequently in the last 30 years. Since 2006, Chianti Classico has had to be at least 80 percent sangiovese. The remainder can be made up of indigenous grapes like canaiolo and colorino, or international varieties like cabernet, syrah or merlot.

That’s is something to know..it helps for those vineyards that walked away from classifying thier wines as Chianti because of the lack of structure to that wine in the industry.

Another great piece to read about are the wines they tasted on page two…here’s a run down of the wines they tasted…they have pricing, descriptions and ratings on thes site:
Fontodi Chianti Classico 2004

Fattoria di Felsina Chianti Classico 2005