Chilled red wine.

[boognish76]

Can anyone recommend a good red wine for drinking chilled?

[woofgang]

beaujolais is traditional

[Cetti]

I agree with woofgang. Last night we had a lightly chilled Beaujolais from Safeways - not posh I know, but it was gorgeous!

[boognish76]

Thanks for the replies. I'd heard about beaujolais but most of it is quite pricey (to me!). I had a theory that many cheap easy-drinking red wines could be made more palatable by chilling. This theory was based on a chilled red wine I had recently as part of a menu del dias in Spain. So I bought a �2.99 bottle of B-bodied garnacha and stuck it in the fridge. We had it with our meal this evening - it was perfectly acceptable. Far nicer than it would have been at room temperature and far nicer than a cheap white wine would have been.

[Cetti]

Hi boognish, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Do try the Safeway's Beaujolais if you can. It's about �2.99 and is often recommended by Wine journalists, so it's cheap but not in a 'plonky' way.

[nigidivitch]

Why not try a nice Chianti? There are loads about - I don't know what kind of money you want to spend on it, but go for one that costs about �5, and it's more than likely to be perfectly drinkable. If you're feeling saucy, then try a Stak Monte Bernardi Panzano-in-Chianti (Chianti Classico 1997)!!