Wine Review #2 - 2008 Rocca delle Macie from Chianti
Here we are, Red Wine review #1! This is a wine we purchased at the 2011 Port of Wines Festival here in Halifax. Full disclosure, at the time we found this to be an extremely complex Italian red but that was about 50 wines into the show so our judgement may have been somewhat "clouded" at that point. So, it was nice to approach this wine with a clear head. We did not give this wine a lot of time to open up. We decanted it but were into the first glass not 10 minutes later. The wine did need a bit of time to really get going and we should have opened it a good hour before drinking. However, once we were on glass number two we could really pick up some of the notes of a Chianti Classico. The Sangiovese grape is paired with Merlot in this wine and it shows right away in the glass. The wine is lighter than a Cabernet yet darker than a Pinot Noir which places it right smack dab in the middle as a medium coloured wine. The true area of note ...