Last month, I came home from my trip to Chicago to find a shipment from our friends at Banfi containing 3 Chianti wines to taste and compare. A tough job, to be sure! 😉 After some thorough research, here are my thoughts.
I don’t know why, but this bottle was almost impossible to open. I think I must have just gotten an extra stubborn cork, because we couldn’t get this open until Jai stood at the top of the stairs holding the corkscrew while I stood at the bottom holding the bottle. After exerting massive force on both ends, we popped the cork (And also splashed a bit of wine on me). Remember, this was before we’d had anything to drink. 😉
The wine itself was great – dry but smooth, perfect for a night in relaxing (cork issues aside ;)). Banfi advises that this wine pairs nicely with rich pastas, steaks, and aged cheese; or, if you’re me, leftover takeout and Halloween candy. And yes, that IS a plastic glass that I drank this out of while munching on bite-sized Snickers. I won’t win any wine connoisseur points here, but don’t tell me you haven’t had a long day like this! In fact, every time I watch The Voice, I see a commercial with a lady sitting in her PJs eating chips and drinking wine while she sits in front of her laptop. Now that’s the life!
This bottle was a little less difficult to open, although it still took two of us. This was very smooth and tasty – I think this might be the overall winner for me.
This was the easiest one to open – I didn’t have to enlist any help. This wine was very dry – tart, almost a little bitter. They recommend this as a pairing for flavorful pastas – I served this with spicy chicken and vegetables served over noodles, and it was a fabulous match.