I purchased this wine based upon Parkers rating of 90 points. It was $12. We drank it with pasta in a red sauce with Italian sausage.

After being disappointed with the last 2 bargain wines I bought on Parker's recommendation, I was very pleased with this one. Deep red color. Good power and length for a simple Chianti. If I had tried it blind I would have guessed that it was a Classico. Aggressive bitter sweet cherry flavors. A little bit of spice with decent tannins. The fruit notes lasted reasonably long on the palate. Not in the same class as the top Chianti's like Fontodi and Felsina but a great bargain at a much lower price. Recommended.

VM

I bought a bottle based on VM's prestigious 90+ < $15 recommended drinking list. Here's my notes.

2000 Giacomo Mori Chianti
A very strong effort for this vintage and price point. The color is a deep red-violet and has a pleasant nose of roses, cherry licorice, vanilla, and toasty oak. The upfront subtle cherry fruit gives way to a bright bitter tarty finish of bright cherries, oak, spice, meat, a tinge of rasberry, and some smokey earth. Very strong, ready to drink an hour after opening, and good a QPR at $12.99. 89/90

Sometime before the end of January I plan to have a blind Chianti tasting of select 99's and 00's. This will surely be added and I will be very curious as to how this stands up.

Thanks, as always, to Vino Me for being our Guinea Pig. Is the Mori Castelrotto worth twice the price?

[ 11-04-2002, 10:06 PM: Message edited by: R2-D2 ]

RD,

You found it and tried it. Great. I'm glad you liked it and am interested to see how it stacks up in your blind tasting. I see I did not include a score in my original post but as i mentioned in another thread I gave this 90 points.

VM