A fruity little wine (Tesco Chianti Classico)

Member Name: SusanLesley

Product:	Tesco Chianti Classico
Date:	17/01/02 (69 review reads)
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Advantages: Nice tatse, Not too heavy, Classy looking bottle

Disadvantages: None

I have read a selection of opinions on various types of wine with interest and have found a few, which sound very good, that I haven't yet tried, but there are also one or two that I do like that haven't been written about so I thought that I would have a go at writing my own wine opinion.

The wine in question is Tesco's Chianti Classico. I have never been much of a red wine drinker at all, preferring dry white wine if I have the choice, but mom had tried Chianti whilst on holiday in Austria and said how nice it was. She was told that the Chianti Classic is better than 'ordinary' Chianti although whether this is true or not I have no idea!

I have since bought the occasional bottle of Tesco Chianti Classico, usually when the family are all round for a meal as my sister also drinks red wine. As my mom and sister just don't apply themselves like us real drinkers, there's invariably some left and so I finish it off the following evening.

I will explain here that I used to think that I had an intolerance to red wine but discovered in recent years that it is only a problem if I drink red and white in the same session so to speak. I can drink either providing I don't mix them.

Anyway back to the Chianti. It is made from grapes, which are grown in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is a full-bodied red wine with an aroma of cherries and a dry fruity taste. Although it is full bodied it isn't a heavy wine at all, maybe it's the dryness that makes it seem fairly light in taste.

It is a lovely wine to drink with a meal of meat or cheese dishes, but I find that it is nice to have a glass whilst sitting in front of the TV, chilling out.

Just in case you're a bit of a wine snob the bottle has a classy grey and deep red label and definitely does not look like a supermarket wine, unless of course you look very closely and see that it is 'selected by Tesco'. It also has a proper
cork, not one of these ones made from plastic.

It is 12.5% alcohol by volume and has 1.6 units of alcohol in a 125ml glass, or 9.4 units in the whole bottle. Good information if, like me, you have been known to drink wine by the bottle rather than the glass. That's BY the bottle by the way not FROM the bottle; I'm not that bad (yet!)

Tesco Chianti Classico is fairly obviously available from branches of Tesco and is currently priced at £4.96 per bottle. I don't usually pay quite that much for my white wines, they're more likely to be between £3 and £3.50 per bottle, but this wine is definitely worth the bit extra.

I have to say that it is rare for me to pay full price for wine though. I usually wait until there is an offer, such as the 20% off wine that Tesco occasionally have, or at the very least I buy 6 bottles at a time and take advantage of the fact that they offer 5% off if you buy any six bottles of wine. This offer is a permanent one by the way.

I have never yet had a hangover after drinking this wine, but then again I have never drunk if it any great quantity. I think the most that I have ever drunk at one session is three glasses and that's not going to give me a hangover now is it?

All in all I would recommend this wine to the real red wine drinkers and also to the white wine drinkers who occasionally enjoy a glass of red.

So all that remains for me to say on the subject is cheers!

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