November 17, 2017
This is perhaps the best $5 wine you’ll ever have. For about the last year or two the very good Tuscan wines ALDI used to stock have been missing from the shelves. I was pretty happy to see this one on my last visit, even if it has the unlikely sounding generic name of Chianti with a further Adventure Series qualifier. What gives, where are the nice Italian names on the bottle that I usually can’t pronounce?
The wine is: a medium-dark red color, mildly dry in the mouth with gentle tannins, medium bodied, has no bad tastes, and has little aroma in the glass. There’s nothing outstanding about this wine except that there’s also absolutely nothing bad about this wine. Because it’s a mild inoffensive wine, it should make a good sipping wine for anyone liking a red wine with these characteristics. It also makes a nice table wine, which should go well with just about any food red wines are generally associated with. Paired on different occasions with some homemade pizza and lasagna, the wine was a perfect fit.
While most DOCG Chianti wines don’t appear on the shelves for around two years, this wine is a 2016 vintage making it a little young. However the wine is perfectly ready for drinking now. I suppose that’s why it’s on the shelf.
For $4.99 a bottle this is a true bargain. It’s not a WOW! wine, but it’s also not a wine where you’ll find people leaving 3/4 full glasses on the table. Having a party? This should be a safe red wine where your investment in several bottles will not go to waste.
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