a po weekend

forsaken by the usual suspects last friday (okay, being overly dramatic ...), it was a dry day i tell you, dry...

anyway had a gg batie 2003 for dinner (which was great and free, again) on saturday .... jammy and tarry nose, flavourless, tart, flat and sad ... odd bottle methinks. FIZZLE!

had an isole and olena chianti classico 2003 for sunday lunch.
ruby; lifted strawberry and cherry, smoke and alcohol on nose; again, strawb, cherry, fine tannins and acid on palate; light bodied and of medium length; tart and fresh fruity finish (what did you expect from a std. chianti?); very nice; food wine, man; bucatinni amatriciana and pork scallopine with mushroom sauce; 13.5%. BANG! [only just, restaurant markup].